On August 22, 2016 2:48:46 PM PDT, Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote: >Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]> writes: > >> This zeroed word has no apparent purpose, so remove it. >> >> Brian Gerst says: >> >> "FYI the word used to be the SS segment selector for the LSS >> instruction, which isn't needed in 64-bit mode." >> > >Seems dangerous. It wouldn't surprise me if some CPUs or x86 emulations >load it anyways and trigger page faults if there is really nothing >there. > >-Andi
Yes, seems pointlessly risky. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse brevity and formatting.
