Re: [PATCH] x86/entry/64: Drop idtentry's manual stack switch for user entries

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Apr 09 2018 - 12:29:22 EST



* Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 3:39 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > For non-paranoid entries, idtentry knows how to switch from the
> > kernel stack to the user stack, as does error_entry. This results
> > in pointless duplication and code bloat. Make idtentry stop
> > thinking about stacks for non-paranoid entries.
> >
> > This reduces text size by 5377 bytes.
> >
>
> Just a quick ping to make sure you all noticed this.

LOL, incidentally I have applied it a couple of minutes ago! :-)

Thanks

Ingo