Re: [RFC] x86, ia32entry: Use sysretl to return from sysenter

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Mar 30 2015 - 05:06:08 EST


On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 02:16:05PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > sysexit_from_sys_call:
> > /*
> > * Sysretl works even on Intel CPUs. Use it in preference to sysexit,
> > * since it avoids a dicey window with interrupts enabled.

Btw, let's agree on the convention to write instructions in capital
letters, i.e. Sysretl -> SYSRET and so on...

Thanks.

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Boris.

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