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SubjectRe: IST stack patches v3.5
On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> wrote:
> I've tagged v3.5 of my paranoid stack code. It's in a strange state right now:
>

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/luto/linux.git/tag/?h=x86/paranoid&id=paranoid-stack-v3.5

--Andy

> Patch 1 (the actual stack switching) is standalone. It's not really a
> good base for the memory failure stuff, because all of the ist_enter
> stuff is missing. It should *work*, but the result will be ugly.
> OTOH, it should be okay as a base for fsgsbase.
>
> Patch 2 is from Paul McKenney. It fixes RCU NMI nesting, which is a
> prerequisite for ist_enter. I think that the current plan is for that
> to happen in 3.20. Speak up if you want it sooner.
>
> Patch 4 is purely for testing. It forces "NMIs" to nest.
>
> "x86, mce: Improve timeout error messages" is in there so I don't
> forget about it. Tony and Borislav, if you like it, want to pick it
> up? It really has very little to do with the rest of this code.
>
> The remainder of the non-atomic IST stuff is in there in a plausibly
> final form, but it's oddly based.
>
> --Andy
>
>
> --
> Andy Lutomirski
> AMA Capital Management, LLC



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Andy Lutomirski
AMA Capital Management, LLC


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