Re: [PATCH] x86-64: espfix for 64-bit mode *PROTOTYPE*

One Thousand Gnomes
2014-04-23T09:55:21Z

> Ideally the tests should be doable such that on a normal machine the
> tests can be overlapped with the other things we have to do on that
> path. The exit branch will be strongly predicted in the negative
> direction, so it shouldn't be a significant problem.
>
> Again, this is not the case in the current prototype.

Or you make sure that you switch to those code paths only after software
has executed syscalls that make it possible it will use a 16bit ss.

The other question I have is - is there any reason we can't fix up the
IRET to do a 32bit return into a vsyscall type userspace page which then
does a long jump or retf to the right place ?

Alan