From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>,
Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4 v2] x86: entry_64.S: steps towards simpler iret frame handling
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 07:00:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150310060013.GA13704@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1425926364-9526-1-git-send-email-dvlasenk@redhat.com>
* Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> wrote:
> These changes make SYSENTER64 code path save flags and user's
> stack pointer in pt_regs->flags and pt_regs->sp, where they belong.
>
> As a result, we can drop stub_iopl() and thread_struct::usersp.
>
> Usage of PER_CPU(old_rsp) is reduced to bare minimum.
>
> FIXUP/RESTORE_TOP_OF_STACK macros are on diet too.
>
> Changes since v1: on Ingo's request, split into 4 patches intead of 2.
Unfortunately I got only 1/4 and 3/4, the other two patches are
missing. They are not in my lkml and spam folders either.
Note that the missing mails:
> Denys Vlasenko (4):
> x86: save r11 into pt_regs->flags on SYSCALL64 fastpath
> Remove stub_iopl
> x86: save user %rsp in pt_regs->sp on SYSCALL64 fastpath
> Remove unused stuff
2/4 and 4/4 Have rather short titles, so maybe some spam trap ate
them? Prefix them with 'x86: '?
Weird.
Thanks,
Ingo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-10 6:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-09 18:39 [PATCH 0/4 v2] x86: entry_64.S: steps towards simpler iret frame handling Denys Vlasenko
2015-03-09 18:39 ` [PATCH 1/4] x86: save r11 into pt_regs->flags on SYSCALL64 fastpath Denys Vlasenko
2015-03-09 20:02 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-16 12:04 ` [tip:x86/asm] x86/asm/entry/64: Save R11 into pt_regs-> flags " tip-bot for Denys Vlasenko
2015-03-09 18:39 ` [PATCH 3/4] x86: save user rsp in pt_regs->sp " Denys Vlasenko
2015-03-09 20:11 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-09 20:32 ` Denys Vlasenko
2015-03-09 20:43 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-10 12:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-10 13:10 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-10 13:18 ` Denys Vlasenko
2015-03-10 13:20 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-10 13:26 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-10 13:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-10 13:26 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-10 14:00 ` Denys Vlasenko
2015-03-10 14:02 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-10 14:09 ` Denys Vlasenko
2015-03-10 13:28 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-10 13:50 ` Denys Vlasenko
2015-03-16 9:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-16 12:05 ` [tip:x86/asm] x86/asm/entry/64: Save user RSP in pt_regs-> sp " tip-bot for Denys Vlasenko
2015-03-10 6:00 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
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