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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/3] x86/entry/64: Refactor IRQ stacks and make them NMI-safe
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(-)

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>

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