linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/32: Remove CONFIG

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Date:   Sat, 4 Apr 2020 14:13:17 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/32: Remove CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT

On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 1:36 AM Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
>
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
>
> Make the doublefault exception handler unconditional on 32-bit. Yes,
> it is important to be able to catch #DF exceptions instead of silent
> reboots. Yes, the code size increase is worth every byte. And one less
> CONFIG symbol is just the cherry on top.
>
> No functional changes.
>

Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>