linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] x86-32: Clean up GS segment handling

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Date:   Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:12:04 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] x86-32: Clean up GS segment handling

On Fri, Mar 25 2022 at 11:39, Brian Gerst wrote:
> Since commit 3fb0fdb3bbe ("Make the canary into a regular percpu
> variable"), the GS segment is no longer switched on kernel entry for
> 32-bit kernels.  Clean up the remaining code that handled lazy GS
> switching.

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>