Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86/entry/64: Fixes for syscall rework

[Ingo Molnar]

* Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 09:33:25AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > I broke iopl(2) with my syscall rework.  Fix it up.  While debugging
> > it, I found a bug in my IRQ state handling.  Fix that, too.
> > 
> > Andy Lutomirski (3):
> >   x86/entry/64: Fix an IRQ state error on ptregs-using syscalls
> >   x86/entry/64: Fix fast-path syscall return register state
> >   x86/syscalls/64: Mark sys_iopl as using ptregs
> > 
> >  arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S              | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
> >  arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl |  2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> Looks good so far:
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> 
> We better hammer on those a lot more until the next merge window for
> more confidence.

Yes, this is why I started merging this right after -rc1.

In particular it would be interesting to get feedback from our 'special' syscall 
ABI users: emulators (Wine, Steam, etc.) and non-GNU toolchains (Android-x86) - at 
least the ones that utilize 64-bit syscalls.

Thanks,

	Ingo