linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [11/19] i386: Fix fake return address

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Message-ID: <je7iytedob.fsf@sykes.suse.de>
Date:	Sat, 21 Oct 2006 20:17:40 +0200
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@....de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, patches@...-64.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [11/19] i386: Fix fake return address

Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> writes:

> From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
> The fake return address was being set to __KERNEL_PDA, rather than 0.
> Push it earlier while %eax still equals 0.

There is a slight discrepancy between the description and what is really
implemented by the patch.

Andreas.

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