On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 02:02:37PM -0500, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Yes, a bit sad. We allow bracketing with the get/put_user_try/catch blocks, > but that is x86-specific. > > I don't think a generic option is possible without compiler support, but it > might be possible to do better than we do know.
Letting the compiler do it is a bit risky, because it may open it up for really large blocks, thus defeating the security advantages. -Andi -- 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/
