* Borislav Petkov <b...@alien8.de> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 06:23:42PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > From: Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org> > > > > By itself, this is useless. It gives us the ability to run some final > > code before exit that cannnot run on the kernel stack. This could > > include a CR3 switch a la KAISER or some kernel stack erasing, for > > example. (Or even weird things like *changing* which kernel stack > > gets used as an ASLR-strengthening mechanism.) > > > > The SYSRET32 path is not covered yet. It could be in the future or > > we could just ignore it and force the slow path if needed. > > > > Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org> > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de> > > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bpet...@suse.de> > > Cc: Brian Gerst <brge...@gmail.com> > > Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.han...@intel.com> > > Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com> > > Cc: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> > > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org> > > Link: > > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/d350017000eed20922c3b2711a2d9229dc809256.1511497875.git.l...@kernel.org > > Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org> > > --- > > arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 55 > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- > > 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > Nice commenting, future generations will appreciate it! > > :-) > > Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <b...@suse.de>
Heh, indeed - if by 'future generations' you mean 'the guys who merge it, a few months down the line'. ;-) Thanks, Ingo