Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/mm/fault: Allow stack access below %rsp
From: Dave Hansen
Date: Mon Nov 05 2018 - 13:00:51 EST
On 11/5/18 8:27 AM, Waiman Long wrote:
> So gcc had changed to avoid doing that, but my main concern are old
> binaries that were compiled with old gcc.
Yeah, fair enough.
FWIW, I don't have any strong feelings about this patch either way, but
supporting old binaries/compilers without crashing seems fairly
important. I'm yet to see any major downsides to your patch.