linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Remove broken vsyscall emulation code from the page fault code

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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 08:10:16 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	syzbot <syzbot+83e7f982ca045ab4405c@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
	andrii@...nel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Remove broken vsyscall emulation code from the
 page fault code


* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> I guess that patch to rip out sig_on_uaccess_err needs to go into 6.9 and 
> even be marked for stable, since it most definitely breaks some stuff 
> currently. Even if that "some stuff" is pretty esoteric (ie 
> "vsyscall=emulate" together with tracing).

Yeah - I just put it into tip:x86/urgent as-is, with the various Tested-by 
and Acked-by tags added, and we'll send it to you later this week if all 
goes well.

Thanks,

	Ingo