On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 10:02:21AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > This is wrong for two reasons: > > > > - MSRs are not accessible in user space. > > - .section .fixup is not applicable to user space. > > > > Anything MSR-related should be protected by __KERNEL__ instead. > > > > This NAK doesn't apply to rdtsc* and rdpmc* changes, however, as those > > instructions are legitimate in userspace. > > then someone needs to audit msr.h for this because currently it lacks > __KERNEL__ of any kind yet is exported completely to userspace ... i dont > know anything about this instructions so that someone != me > > this is similar to what i heard last time i tried to fixup msr.h for > userspace, but the file still hasnt been updated ...
asm-i386/msr.h should not be exported to userspace at all, it contains nothing but kernel-internal helpers. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
