linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] #MC mess

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Date:   Tue, 18 Feb 2020 21:30:22 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] #MC mess

On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 03:08:50PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Now, is jump labels bad in these cases (note, it is possible to trigger
> a breakpoint in them, does an iret disable the MC as well, which means
> we could get nested MC handlers corrupting the IST stack?).

That is what I expect, and would be consistent with the whole NMI
situation.