[PATCH 16/18] x86/documentation: Remove STACKFAULT_STACK bulletpoint

[Borislav Petkov]

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

Update the documentation after

  6f442be2fb22 ("x86_64, traps: Stop using IST for #SS").

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: X86 ML <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: live-patching@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks b/Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks
index e3c8a49d1a2f..c3c935b9d56e 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks
+++ b/Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Kernel stacks on x86-64 bit
+---------------------------
+
 Most of the text from Keith Owens, hacked by AK
 
 x86_64 page size (PAGE_SIZE) is 4K.
@@ -56,13 +59,6 @@ If that assumption is ever broken then the stacks will become corrupt.
 
 The currently assigned IST stacks are :-
 
-* STACKFAULT_STACK.  EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE).
-
-  Used for interrupt 12 - Stack Fault Exception (#SS).
-
-  This allows the CPU to recover from invalid stack segments. Rarely
-  happens.
-
 * DOUBLEFAULT_STACK.  EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE).
 
   Used for interrupt 8 - Double Fault Exception (#DF).
-- 
1.9.0.258.g00eda23

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