linux-kernel - Re: [patch] small fix to espfix code

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Message-ID: <49A2EBD0.2020303@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:32:48 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...et.ru>
CC:	Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>,
	Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@...puserve.com>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] small fix to espfix code

Stas Sergeev wrote:
> 
> The bug is mostly theoretical, I can't
> really test the effect of this patch.
> So, it is completely untested.
> 

It's not a bug, as the stack is aligned such that 16-bit overflow can't 
happen.  However, it is arguably cleaner to have addl here.

	-hpa
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