Re: [RFC] x86_64: A real proposal for iret-less return to kernel

[Borislav Petkov]

On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 03:20:50PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> It's not even scheduled out, right?

Right.

> This should be just like a signal from a failed page fault, I think.

Right, but there this additional work it needs to be done
(mce_notify_process()) before sending the signal. So you want to do this
after the MCE handler is done but before you return to the process.

> What switch_to?

Nevermind, that was bollocks.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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