Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 8 May 2001 09:45:34 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86 page fault handler not interrupt safe |
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On Tue, 8 May 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > I dont see where the alternative patch ensures the user didnt flip the > direction flag for one
Yeah.
We might as well just make it "eflags & IF", none of the other flags should matter (or we explicitly want them cleared).
Linus
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