linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 02/33] x86/fred: make unions for the cs and ss fields in struct pt

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Message-ID: <303d5b3c-e33b-c6ef-544a-32d6497f891e@zytor.com>
Date:   Mon, 5 Jun 2023 10:12:31 -0700
From:   "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        peterz@...radead.org, andrew.cooper3@...rix.com, seanjc@...gle.com,
        pbonzini@...hat.com, ravi.v.shankar@...el.com,
        jiangshanlai@...il.com, shan.kang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 02/33] x86/fred: make unions for the cs and ss fields
 in struct pt_regs

> 
> This does not match section
> 
>      5.2.1 Saving Information on the Regular Stack?
> 
> of version 4 and later of the specification.
> 

Yes, this is correct. This patchset was posted in April, and once we got 
some very late requests for changes I asked Xin to hold off any further 
iterations until the spec had restabilized.

	-hpa