Re: + espfix-code-cleanup.patch added to -mm tree

[Stas Sergeev]

Hi.

Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> we are on a ring0 32-bit stack that's not zero-based.  If an exception
> occurs in that state, UNWIND_ESPFIX_STACK restores the proper kernel
> SS and ESP but on return from the exception nothing restores the espfix
> stack.  I guess this isn't a problem now because exceptions in kernel
> mode are fatal but a kernel debugger might have problems here?
Perhaps you are right, but... unless there is some quick
way to mark that part of code "undebuggable", I'll better
leave that for the debugger maintainers to think about.

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/