linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 3/7] x86/entry: Switch the stack after error

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Date:   Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:02:09 +0800
From:   Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@...group.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 3/7] x86/entry: Switch the stack after error_entry() returns

On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 10:37 AM Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 03:39:45PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> >  .Lerror_entry_from_usermode_after_swapgs:
> >       /* Put us onto the real thread stack. */
>
> This comment is no longer correct.

Thanks for the review.

I thought "us" is the pt_regs. But it can be everything including
the "running environment" and "running stack".

I will change "us" to "the pt_regs"

>
> --
> Josh
>