Re: 3.15: kernel BUG at kernel/auditsc.c:1525!

[H. Peter Anvin]

> 
> For 64-bit, I want to do this instead:
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/luto/linux.git/commit/?h=x86/seccomp-fastpath&id=a5ec2d7af2c54b55fc7201fa662138b53fbbda39
> 
> I see no reason why the 64-bit badsys code needs its own code path at
> all.  I haven't sent it yet because AFAICT it doesn't fix any bug, and
> the series it's a part of isn't ready.
> 
> I'm also contemplating rewriting the 64-bit syscall entry work path in C.
> 

Cute... although it still leaves an extra branch for the badsys.  It
might perform better than a cmov, but it might not.

	-hpa


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