linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][GIT PULL][v3.3] x86: Test saved %rip in NMI to determine nested NMI

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Message-ID: <20120219134839.GA30091@elte.hu>
Date:	Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:48:39 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"hpanvin@...il.com" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][GIT PULL][v3.3] x86: Test saved %rip in NMI to determine
 nested NMI


* hpanvin@...il.com <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> Vsyscall page, not vdso...

yes - same general purpose: user-space execution happens in the 
kernel address range.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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