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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 11/43] x86/entry/64: Separate cpu_current_top_of_stack from TSS.sp0
    On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 10:14:16AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
    > From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
    >
    > On 64-bit kernels, we used to assume that TSS.sp0 was the current
    > top of stack. With the addition of an entry trampoline, this will
    > no longer be the case. Store the current top of stack in TSS.sp1,
    > which is otherwise unused but shares the same cacheline.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
    > Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
    > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@suse.de>
    > Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
    > Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
    > Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
    > Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
    > Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
    > Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/f56634c746a2926eb7bae61e7b80ed51a1940769.1511497875.git.luto@kernel.org
    > Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
    > ---
    > arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 18 +++++++++++++-----
    > arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 2 +-
    > arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_64.c | 1 +
    > arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 10 ++++++++++
    > arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 1 +
    > 5 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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

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    Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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