On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 11:43:19AM -0800, Laura Abbott wrote: > On 03/05/2018 08:41 AM, Dave Hansen wrote: > > On 03/03/2018 12:00 PM, Alexander Popov wrote: > > > Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt | 2 + > > > arch/Kconfig | 27 ++++++++++ > > > arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 + > > > arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 108 > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S | 11 ++++ > > > > This is a *lot* of assembly. I wonder if you tried at all to get more > > of this into C or whether you just inherited the assembly from the > > original code? > > > > This came up previously > http://www.openwall.com/lists/kernel-hardening/2017/10/23/5 > there were concerns about trusting C to do the right thing as well as > speed.
And therefore the answer to this obvious question should've been part of the Changelog :-) Dave is last in a long line of people asking this same question.
