Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Nov 2017 11:09:54 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH v3 for 4.15 08/24] Provide cpu_opv system call |
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, Andi Kleen wrote: > My preference would be just to drop this new super ugly system call. > > It's also not just the ugliness, but the very large attack surface > that worries me here. > > As far as I know it is only needed to support single stepping, correct?
I can't figure that out because the changelog describes only WHAT the patch does and not WHY. Useful, isn't it?
> Then this whole mess would disappear.
Agreed. That would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
tglx
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