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Message-ID: <20160511151615.GA13006@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 17:16:15 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com>,
"Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 07/13] x86/xsaves: Fix PTRACE frames for XSAVES
* Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On 05/10/2016 04:29 PM, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> > XSAVES uses compacted format and is a kernel instruction. The kernel
> > should use standard-format, non-supervisor state data for PTRACE.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
>
> This looks fine. There are a few comments that could use some sprucing
> up, like:
>
> + /*
> + * Reject if the user sets any forbidden features.
> + */
>
> But it's minor stuff.
>
> Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Well it's too late for v4.7 due to intrusiveness, so please refine the series and
also incorporate the cleanups requested by Boris. I can put it into -tip whenever
you guys submit it, but it will have to wait for v4.8 most likely.
Thanks,
Ingo
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