Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] syscall_user_dispatch: Make it configurable in Kconfig

[Gregory Price]

On Sat, Jul 04, 2026 at 04:22:20PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 09:58:58PM -0400, Gregory Price wrote:
> > +config SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH
> > +	bool "Syscall User Dispatch"
> > +	depends on GENERIC_ENTRY
> > +	default y
> > +	help
> > +	  Syscall User Dispatch lets a thread have its own system calls outside
> > +          an allowed IP address range to be intercepted and redirected to a
> > +          userspace signal handler.
> 
> I was very confused when I read this.  IP expands to Internet Protocol
> long before it gets to Instruction Pointer in my brain.

Hah, fair, i was just going with tglx's [1] explanation.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/87a4s8m69c.ffs@fw13/