Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] x86/cpu: Enable FSGSBASE early in cpu_init_exception_handling()
From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Mar 18 2026 - 12:22:29 EST
On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 06:54:46AM -0700, Sohil Mehta wrote:
> It would be more accurate to say ".. before any exceptions that uses
> paranoid_entry() can occur.."
>
> I think early exceptions such #VC can still occur and the
> bringup_idt_table is set up to handle those.
I really don't understand what the splitting of hairs is supposed to bring
here?!
The commit message is more than clear and overly detailed - I even thought of
shortening it because it went too long...
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