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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>, x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mhocko@suse.com, jslaby@suse.cz,
	Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] x86/entry: Rename ignore_sysret
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 22:51:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sfaoqyt1.ffs@tglx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230616125730.1164989-3-nik.borisov@suse.com>

On Fri, Jun 16 2023 at 15:57, Nikolay Borisov wrote:

> Give ignore_sysret() a more descriptive name as it's actually used to make
> 32bit syscalls return ENOSYS, rather than doing anything specific with

That's not really correct. This is not about 32bit syscalls in general.

It's specifically about the SYSCALL entry point on 32bit, right?

The reason why this is required is because 32bit SYSCALL cannot be
disabled in hardware.

Thanks,

        tglx



  reply	other threads:[~2023-06-18 20:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-16 12:57 [PATCH v3 0/5] Make IA32_EMULATION boot time overridable Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-16 12:57 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] x86: Make IA32_EMULATION boot time configurable Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-19 21:43   ` Randy Dunlap
2023-06-21 18:27   ` Borislav Petkov
2023-06-21 19:02     ` Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-16 12:57 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] x86/entry: Rename ignore_sysret Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-18 20:51   ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2023-06-19 13:30     ` Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-16 12:57 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] x86/entry: Compile entry_SYSCALL32_ignore unconditionally Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-18 21:11   ` Thomas Gleixner
2023-06-16 12:57 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] x86/elf: Make loading of 32bit processes depend on ia32_enabled() Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-16 12:57 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] x86/entry: Make IA32 syscalls' availability " Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-18 21:17   ` Thomas Gleixner
2023-06-19  6:28     ` Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-19  8:40       ` Thomas Gleixner

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