linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Clear XContext at boot time

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Message-ID: <20200424213623.GA23556@alpha.franken.de>
Date:   Fri, 24 Apr 2020 23:36:23 +0200
From:   Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To:     Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
Cc:     linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Clear XContext at boot time

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 10:45:34PM +0800, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
> XContext might be dirty at boot time. We need to clear it
> to ensure early stackframe is safe.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
> ---
>  arch/mips/kernel/head.S | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 

applied to mips-next.

Thomas.

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