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SubjectRe: [patch 16/16] x86/entry: Disable interrupts in IDTENTRY
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 09:21:11PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 11:33:37PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> >> Not all exceptions guarantee to return with interrupts disabled. Disable
> >> them in idtentry_exit() which is invoked on all regular (non IST) exception
> >> entry points. Preparatory patch for further consolidation of the return
> >> code.
> >
> > ISTR a patch that undoes cond_local_irq_enable() in the various trap
> > handlers. Did that get lost or is that still on the TODO list
> > somewhere?
>
> Hmm. I ditched it after we decided that fixing the #PF cases is ugly as
> hell. Lemme find that stuff again.

Hmm, vague memories. Anyway, we can leave that for later, but maybe put
in a comment so we don't forget.

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