linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 23/37] x86/fred: Make exc_page

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Message-ID: <20231128100242.GRZWW6wqU9IvyXO0cm@fat_crate.local>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:02:42 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 23/37] x86/fred: Make exc_page_fault() work for FRED

On Mon, Oct 02, 2023 at 11:24:44PM -0700, Xin Li wrote:
> From: "H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" <hpa@...or.com>
> 
> On a FRED system, the faulting address (CR2) is passed on the stack,
> to avoid the problem of transient state. Thus we get the page fault
						^^

Please use passive voice in your commit message: no "we" or "I", etc,
and describe your changes in imperative mood.

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    Boris.

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