Re: [PATCH 7/9] x86/asm/entry/32: tidy up some instructions

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ END(sysenter_badsys)
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_ESPFIX32
>>         movl %ss, %eax
>>         /* see if on espfix stack */
>> -       cmpw $__ESPFIX_SS, %ax
>> +       cmpl $__ESPFIX_SS, %eax
>>         jne 27f
>>         movl $__KERNEL_DS, %eax
>>         movl %eax, %ds
>
> This is incorrect.  32-bit reads from a segment register are not
> zero-extended.  The upper 16 bits are implementation-defined.  Most
> processors will clear them but it's not guaranteed.

Indeed. Brian is right. That cmpw needs to stay as a 16-bit compare.

                      Linus
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