Re: [GIT PULL REQUEST] watchdog - v4.15 Fixes
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote:[...] got.. Oh, and equally importantly, it's an unsigned pull request from a non-secured site, so I think I'll skip this. non-secured site, so I think I'll skip...
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Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] function definitions. So I'm not sure a line count makes sense. So I'm not sure a line count makes sense. Sometimes long functions can be sensible, if they...
View ArticleRe: [GIT PULL] Page Table Isolation (PTI) v4.14 backporting base tree
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Ok, so I've pulled the two prep trees, since they are obviously safe and don't change any code. and don't change any code. I'm going to read through the actual real...
View ArticleRe: [RFC GIT PULL] Page Table Isolation (PTI), x86 syscall entry c ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 7:24 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote: [...] Please pull the latest WIP.x86-pti.entry-for-linus git tree from: Ok, with rc4 out of...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH] kthread: finer-grained lockdep/cross-release completion
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] going? Do you actually see the problem in -rc4? Do you actually see the problem in -rc4? Because we ended up removing the cross-release checking due to...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH] trace/uprobes: fix output issue with address randomization
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Shouldn't it? So %p itself shouldn't have logic like that, because some of those addresses can be sensitive even if they aren't strictly kernel addresses. addresses....
View ArticleRe: proc_flush_task oops
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) The code disassembles to The code disassembles to 0: c1 e2 04 shl $0x4,%edx 3: 44 8b 60 30 mov 0x30(%rax),%r12d 7: 48 8b 40 38 mov 0x38(%rax),%rax b: 44 8b 34 11 mov...
View ArticleRe: BUG: bad usercopy in memdup_user
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) But if it does, it should just be changed to %px, since it's a bug report. bug report. But honestly, what do people expect that the pointer value will actually tell you...
View ArticleRe: BUG: bad usercopy in memdup_user
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) But that's for a faulting address when you have an invalid pointer. But that's for a faulting address when you have an invalid pointer. That's not the case here at all....
View ArticleRe: BUG: bad usercopy in memdup_user
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) So far at least: So far at least: 10a7e9d84915 Do not hash userspace addresses in fault handlers 85c3e4a5a185 mm/slab.c: do not hash pointers when debugging slab...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH/RFC] VFS: don't keep disconnected dentries on d_anon
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:45 PM, NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> wrote: [...] mount) so contention on the bit-lock will not be a problem. This is much nicer than the...
View ArticleRe: [RFC] syzbot process
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Skip the proper name part entirely, since it doesn't really add anything. anything. And then make it show up in the "Cc:" part or "Reported-by:", so it would just look...
View ArticleRe: general protection fault in finish_task_switch
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) and the Code: line disassembly is and the Code: line disassembly is 0: ff 11 callq *(%rcx) 2: 4c 89 f9 mov %r15,%rcx 5: 48 c1 e9 03 shr $0x3,%rcx 9: 42 80 3c 31 00 cmpb...
View ArticleRe: [GIT pull] x86/pti: Preparatory changes
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) !MAXSMP range MIN_CONFIG_CPUS MAX_CONFIG_CPUS default DEF_CONFIG_CPUS default DEF_CONFIG_CPUS and then have separate (simpler) config expressions for those MIN/MAX/DEF...
View ArticleLinux 4.15-rc5
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Biederman (1): net: Fix double free and memory corruption in get_net_ns_by_id() Eric Yang (1): drm/amd/display: fix missing pixel clock adjustment for dongle Eugenia...
View ArticleRe: PROBLEM: consolidated IDT invalidation causes kexec to reboot
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) [ Sorry, I was off-line on Christmas Eve due to festivities, and then yesterday because I've apparently caught a cold. yesterday because I've apparently caught a cold....
View ArticleRe: PROBLEM: consolidated IDT invalidation causes kexec to reboot
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote:[...] I went back to the initial problematic commit e802a51 and modified it as you suggest: Thank you. Thank you.[...] EIP: idt_invalidate+0x6/0x40 SS:ESP:...
View ArticleRe: [GIT PULL] hwmon fixes for v4.15-rc6
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 5:41 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> It's just a naked tag that pointed directly at the commit. pointed directly at the commit. You...
View ArticleRe: PROBLEM: consolidated IDT invalidation causes kexec to reboot
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) That said, this time it's actually the "load_segments()" that causes the real problem, and the GDT and IDT invalidation shouldn't have actually done anything at all,...
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