linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 3/5] x86: Add a comment clarifying LDT context switching

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Message-ID: <20141021060531.GB4420@pd.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:05:31 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Erik Bosman <ebn310@....vu.nl>
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/5] x86: Add a comment clarifying LDT context switching

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:44:18PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> You're exactly correct, or at least you seem to understand it the way I do :)

Ok, cool.

Now, if I had more time, I'd take a guest and add some debugging
code to see when exactly that happens and how prev->context.ldt and
next->context.ldt look... Maybe later. :-)

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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