linux-kernel - Re: [patch V2 04/29] x86/irq/64: Sanitize the top/bottom confusion

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Date:   Fri, 5 Apr 2019 09:54:56 -0700
From:   Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [patch V2 04/29] x86/irq/64: Sanitize the top/bottom confusion

On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 05:07:02PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On x86 stacks go top to bottom, but the stack overflow check uses it the
> other way round, which is just confusing. Clean it up and sanitize the
> warning string a bit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>