linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 07/17] x86/traps: Assert that we're in CONTEXT

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Message-ID: <20150630171524.GG23297@pd.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:15:24 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 07/17] x86/traps: Assert that we're in CONTEXT_KERNEL
 in exception entries

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 10:08:00AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> I would agree, except that I remove the exception_enter calls later in
> the series, so that wouldn't work.

Ah.

> Maybe we should move them into common code outside the specific
> exception handlers (idtentry?) when the dust settles.

Yeah, that macro is huge but it could survive yet another CALL <func>.

:-)

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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