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* [PATCH] x86-64: remove int 0xcc from entry_64.S documentation
@ 2011-08-15 22:26 Cesar Eduardo Barros
  2011-08-15 22:32 ` Andrew Lutomirski
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Cesar Eduardo Barros @ 2011-08-15 22:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel
  Cc: linux-doc, Randy Dunlap, x86, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar,
	H. Peter Anvin, Cesar Eduardo Barros, Andy Lutomirski,
	Ingo Molnar

Commit 3ae36655b97a03fa1decf72f04078ef945647c1a (x86-64: Rework vsyscall
emulation and add vsyscall= parameter) removed the special use of the
0xcc IDT vector.

Remove it from Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt also.

Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@cesarb.net>
---
 Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt |    3 ---
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
index 7869f14..bc7226e 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ Some of these entries are:
    magically-generated functions that make their way to do_IRQ with
    the interrupt number as a parameter.
 
- - emulate_vsyscall: int 0xcc, a special non-ABI entry used by
-   vsyscall emulation.
-
  - APIC interrupts: Various special-purpose interrupts for things
    like TLB shootdown.
 
-- 
1.7.4.4


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* Re: [PATCH] x86-64: remove int 0xcc from entry_64.S documentation
  2011-08-15 22:26 [PATCH] x86-64: remove int 0xcc from entry_64.S documentation Cesar Eduardo Barros
@ 2011-08-15 22:32 ` Andrew Lutomirski
  2011-08-16  6:22 ` [tip:x86/vdso] x86-64, doc: Remove " tip-bot for Cesar Eduardo Barros
  2011-08-16 15:29 ` tip-bot for Cesar Eduardo Barros
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Lutomirski @ 2011-08-15 22:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Cesar Eduardo Barros
  Cc: linux-kernel, linux-doc, Randy Dunlap, x86, Thomas Gleixner,
	Ingo Molnar, H. Peter Anvin, Ingo Molnar

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@cesarb.net> wrote:
> Commit 3ae36655b97a03fa1decf72f04078ef945647c1a (x86-64: Rework vsyscall
> emulation and add vsyscall= parameter) removed the special use of the
> 0xcc IDT vector.
>
> Remove it from Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt also.
>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@MIT.EDU>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> Signed-off-by: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@cesarb.net>
> ---
>  Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt |    3 ---
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
> index 7869f14..bc7226e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
> @@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ Some of these entries are:
>    magically-generated functions that make their way to do_IRQ with
>    the interrupt number as a parameter.
>
> - - emulate_vsyscall: int 0xcc, a special non-ABI entry used by
> -   vsyscall emulation.
> -
>  - APIC interrupts: Various special-purpose interrupts for things
>    like TLB shootdown.
>

Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>

--Andy

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* [tip:x86/vdso] x86-64, doc: Remove int 0xcc from entry_64.S documentation
  2011-08-15 22:26 [PATCH] x86-64: remove int 0xcc from entry_64.S documentation Cesar Eduardo Barros
  2011-08-15 22:32 ` Andrew Lutomirski
@ 2011-08-16  6:22 ` tip-bot for Cesar Eduardo Barros
  2011-08-16 15:29 ` tip-bot for Cesar Eduardo Barros
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: tip-bot for Cesar Eduardo Barros @ 2011-08-16  6:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-tip-commits; +Cc: linux-kernel, cesarb, hpa, mingo, tglx, hpa, luto

Commit-ID:  6cd2f4a4248891cb09954b7675c1c846c3c90dc0
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/6cd2f4a4248891cb09954b7675c1c846c3c90dc0
Author:     Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@cesarb.net>
AuthorDate: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:26:50 -0300
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:53:28 -0700

x86-64, doc: Remove int 0xcc from entry_64.S documentation

Commit 3ae36655b97a03fa1decf72f04078ef945647c1a (x86-64: Rework vsyscall
emulation and add vsyscall= parameter) removed the special use of the
0xcc IDT vector.

Remove it from Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt also.

Signed-off-by: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@cesarb.net>
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@MIT.EDU>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1313447210-9149-1-git-send-email-cesarb@cesarb.net
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
 Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt |    3 ---
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
index 7869f14..bc7226e 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ Some of these entries are:
    magically-generated functions that make their way to do_IRQ with
    the interrupt number as a parameter.
 
- - emulate_vsyscall: int 0xcc, a special non-ABI entry used by
-   vsyscall emulation.
-
  - APIC interrupts: Various special-purpose interrupts for things
    like TLB shootdown.
 

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* [tip:x86/vdso] x86-64, doc: Remove int 0xcc from entry_64.S documentation
  2011-08-15 22:26 [PATCH] x86-64: remove int 0xcc from entry_64.S documentation Cesar Eduardo Barros
  2011-08-15 22:32 ` Andrew Lutomirski
  2011-08-16  6:22 ` [tip:x86/vdso] x86-64, doc: Remove " tip-bot for Cesar Eduardo Barros
@ 2011-08-16 15:29 ` tip-bot for Cesar Eduardo Barros
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: tip-bot for Cesar Eduardo Barros @ 2011-08-16 15:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-tip-commits; +Cc: linux-kernel, cesarb, hpa, mingo, tglx, hpa, luto

Commit-ID:  664ef2123f4abc05857bf9b2dcccb800fa6fce26
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/664ef2123f4abc05857bf9b2dcccb800fa6fce26
Author:     Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@cesarb.net>
AuthorDate: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:26:50 -0300
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:04:08 -0700

x86-64, doc: Remove int 0xcc from entry_64.S documentation

Commit 3ae36655b97a03fa1decf72f04078ef945647c1a (x86-64: Rework vsyscall
emulation and add vsyscall= parameter) removed the special use of the
0xcc IDT vector.

Remove it from Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt also.

Signed-off-by: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@cesarb.net>
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@MIT.EDU>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1313447210-9149-1-git-send-email-cesarb@cesarb.net
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
 Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt |    3 ---
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
index 7869f14..bc7226e 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ Some of these entries are:
    magically-generated functions that make their way to do_IRQ with
    the interrupt number as a parameter.
 
- - emulate_vsyscall: int 0xcc, a special non-ABI entry used by
-   vsyscall emulation.
-
  - APIC interrupts: Various special-purpose interrupts for things
    like TLB shootdown.
 

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