Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [patch] x86: rename is_at_popf(), add iret to tests and fix insn length | Date | Thu, 3 Aug 2006 00:12:07 +0200 |
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On Wednesday 02 August 2006 15:35, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > In-Reply-To: <200608021454.33685.ak@suse.de> > > On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:54:33 +0200. Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > is_at_popf() needs to test for the iret instruction as well as > > > popf. So add that test and rename it to is_setting_trap_flag(). > > > > Do you have a single real example where anybody is actually using IRET > > in user space? > > No, but Albert Cahalan complained so I figured it should be fixed.
I suppose he just collected all the obscure FIXMEs in the code he could find. Ok I merged it, but only because it is so little code.
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