[PATCH] x86-32: fix kexec with stack canary (CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR)
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) It changed no actual real code. changed no actual real code. Despite not changing any actual real code, it _did_ change code generation: by implementing the common...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH v6 1/8] arch: enable relative relocations for arm64, po ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 12:50 AM, Ard Biesheuvel<ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:[...] ARM_EXIT_KEEP(EXIT_DATA) Weren't you supposed to explain this part in the...
View ArticleRe: [PATCH v6 2/8] module: use relative references for __ksymtab e ...
Linus Torvalds writes: On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 12:50 AM, Ard Biesheuvel<ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:[...] #endif /* __LINUX_COMPILER_H */ Isn't this logically the point where you should add...
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Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Ard Biesheuvel<ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:[...] put the arm64 vmlinux.lds.S change in a patch on its own? I guess it...
View Article[tip:x86/urgent] x86-32: Fix kexec with stack canary (CONFIG_CC_ST ...
tip-bot for Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) It changed no actual real code. changed no actual real code. Despite not changing any actual real code, it _did_ change code generation: by implementing the...
View ArticleRe: 4.14.9 with CONFIG_MCORE2 fails to boot
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 3:15 PM, Alexander Tsoy <alexander@tsoy.me> Also very strange how there's that double fault in the call trace, but no actual output from...
View ArticleRe: 4.14.9 doesn't boot (regression)
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Doing a disassembly on "do_double_fault()" shows: on "do_double_fault()" shows:ffffffff8101bda0 <do_double_fault>: ffffffff8101bda0: 41 54 push %r12...
View ArticleRe: 4.14.9 doesn't boot (regression)
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index ac8c441866b7..92b74bcd3c2a 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -789,6 +789,9 @@...
View ArticleRe: [GIT pull] x86/pti: The real thing
Linus Torvalds writes: On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote: [...] This is the final set of enabling page table isolation on x86: Ok, after that late...
View ArticleRe: x86/pti: smp_processor_id() called while preemptible in resume ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) wrote: [...] subtle, but from a first look that tlbflush is pointless. Regardless of whether the TLB flush makes sense in that smpboot_setup_warm_reset_vector()...
View ArticleRe: x86/pti: smp_processor_id() called while preemptible in resume ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 11:03 AM, Dave Hansen<dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> wrote:[...] thing, both the actual CPU TLB flush _and_ the per-cpu variables. I think...
View ArticleRe: x86/pti: smp_processor_id() called while preemptible in resume ...
Linus Torvalds writes: On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote: [...] forever. Yes, so it all makes sense, and those two tlb invalidates should just be...
View ArticleRe: x86/pti: smp_processor_id() called while preemptible in resume ...
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Good point, but I think that was actually a mis-feature of the old "__flush_tlb_up()" implementation that Andy got rid of in commit ce4a4e565f52 ("x86/mm: Remove the UP...
View ArticleRe: x86/pti: smp_processor_id() called while preemptible in resume ...
Linus Torvalds writes: On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote: [...] The UP distinction does not exist anymore since: Heh. Crossed emails. We're very much in...
View ArticleRe: [patch 0/3] x86/pti: Fix various fallout
Linus Torvalds writes: On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote: [...] from email if you wanted to release -rc6 today. I'll do rc6 tomorrow probably around this time...
View ArticleRe: [GIT pull] x86 fixes for 4.15
Linus Torvalds writes: On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 8:32 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote: [...] git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86-urgent-for-linus This...
View ArticleRe: [GIT pull] x86 fixes for 4.15
Linus Torvalds writes: On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 1:09 PM, Linus Torvalds<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:[...] Forgot to push out? Looks like the patches you wanted me to pull are all in the...
View ArticleLinux 4.15-rc6
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) 0) Bard Liao (1): ASoC: rt5645: reset RT5645_AD_DA_MIXER at probe Ben Gainey (1): perf jvmti: Generate correct debug information for inlined code Ben Hutchings (1):...
View ArticleRe: Linux 4.15-rc6
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 12:28 PM, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote: [...] connections results in: Yeah, that's actually pretty much in line with...
View ArticleRe: Avoid speculative indirect calls in kernel
Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) Maybe even a L1 I$ that is keyed by CPL. keyed by CPL. I think somebody inside of Intel needs to really take a long hard look at their CPU's, and actually admit that...
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