lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2015]   [Jul]   [26]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
From
Date
SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/3] x86/entry/64: Refactor IRQ stacks and make them NMI-safe
On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:05 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:57:04PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> This will allow IRQ stacks to nest inside NMIs or similar entries
>> that can happen during IRQ stack setup or teardown.
>>
>> The Xen code here has a confusing comment.
>>
>> The new macros won't work correctly if they're invoked with IRQs on.
>> Add a check under CONFIG_DEBUG_ENTRY to detect that.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 2 -
>> arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>> arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 4 ++
>> 3 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>
> What does that apply against?
>
> I get conflicts against current Linus master:

It applies to the result of merging Linus' master with tip/x86/asm. I
think it also applies to tip/x86/asm directly, but I haven't tried it.
It's an NMI-related thing (sort of), so it seemed sensible to develop
against something that has the other NMI fixes.

--Andy


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2015-07-26 21:01    [W:0.061 / U:0.808 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site