From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753309AbdKWTch (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Nov 2017 14:32:37 -0500 Received: from Galois.linutronix.de ([146.0.238.70]:44780 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753229AbdKWTcg (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Nov 2017 14:32:36 -0500 Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 20:32:31 +0100 (CET) From: Thomas Gleixner To: Andy Lutomirski cc: X86 ML , Borislav Petkov , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Brian Gerst , Dave Hansen , Linus Torvalds , Josh Poimboeuf Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/18] x86/asm: Remap the TSS into the cpu entry area In-Reply-To: <07895bbccbff01d5c6ba3b1a5bf48fab34b92eae.1511325444.git.luto@kernel.org> Message-ID: References: <07895bbccbff01d5c6ba3b1a5bf48fab34b92eae.1511325444.git.luto@kernel.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Linutronix-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Linutronix-Spam-Level: - X-Linutronix-Spam-Status: No , -1.0 points, 5.0 required, ALL_TRUSTED=-1,SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 21 Nov 2017, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > This has a secondary purpose: it puts the entry stack into a region > with a well-controlled layout. A subsequent patch will take > advantage of this to streamline the SYSCALL entry code to be able to > find it more easily. > > Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner