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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH v2] Fix: x86: Add missing core serializing instruction on migration
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On Mon, 2017-11-13 at 10:26 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Sat, 2017-11-11 at 10:03 -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > x86 has a missing core serializing instruction in migration scenarios.
> >
> > Given that x86-32 can return to user-space with sysexit, and x86-64
> > through sysretq and sysretl, which are not core serializing, the
> > following user-space self-modifiying code (JIT) scenario can occur:
>
> Is this about load/store consistency ? In this case, don't you also
> have problems with get/put_user and not just going to userspace ?

Ah forget it, I saw Linus earlier messages.

Cheers,
Ben.

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