Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:02:48 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86_64: handle iret faults better |
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> This patch makes faults in iret produce the normal signals that would > result from the same errors when executing some user-mode instruction. > To accomplish this, I've extended the exception_table mechanism to support > "special fixups". Instead of a PC location to jump to, these have a > function called in the trap handler context and passed the full trap details.
As written earlier I dont like this patch because it is far too complicated. I would just fake a simple signal in the error handler, all the other complicated infrastructure seems unnecessary.
Linus, Andrew, please dont apply this patch.
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