Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] x86_64,entry: Clear NT on entry and speed up switch_to

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 10/06/2014 09:39 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Anish Bhatt noticed that user programs can set RFLAGS.NT before
>> syscall or sysenter, and the kernel entry code doesn't filter out
>> NT.  This causes kernel C code and, depending on thread flags, the
>> exit slow path to run with NT set.
>>
> 
> Quick ping: now that the merge window is (sort of) open, what's
> happening with these patches?
> 
> Thanks,
> Andy
> 

My preference would be to queue them up for 3.19 since they arrived late
in the 3.18 cycle.

	-hpa


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