Re: [PATCH 09/17] x86: make is_64bit_mm() widely available

[Borislav Petkov]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:33:45AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The uprobes code has a nice helper, is_64bit_mm(), that consults both
> the runtime and compile-time flags for 32-bit support.  Instead of
> reinventing the wheel, pull it in to an x86 header so we can use it
> for MPX.
> 
> I prefer passing the mm around to test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32) beacuse

Just a nitpick:

s/beacuse/because/

> it makes it explicit where the context is coming from.  It will also
> make it easier if we ever need to access the MPX structures from
> another process.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h |   13 +++++++++++++
>  b/arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c          |   10 +---------
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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