linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/16] x86/asm: Fix assumptions that the HW TSS is at the beginning of cpu

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Date:   Mon, 20 Nov 2017 23:22:02 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
cc:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@...e.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/16] x86/asm: Fix assumptions that the HW TSS is at
 the beginning of cpu_tss

On Mon, 20 Nov 2017, Andy Lutomirski wrote:

> I'm going to move SYSENTER_stack to the beginning of cpu_tss to help
> detect overflow.  Before this can happen, I need to fix several code
> paths that hardcode assumptions about the old layout.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>