Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/i386: Make sure stack-protector segment base is cache aligned

H. Peter Anvin
2009-09-04T17:32:52Z

On 09/04/2009 07:15 AM, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>
> the other issue is that afaik we want the kernel to use the other
> register than userspace does...
>

Yes, although it's a pretty marginal win on 32 bits as far as I know.
On 64 bits, not so.

-hpa

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