On 09/29/2014 12:57 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>
>> I think we should mask the bit anyway.
>
> I tend to disagree. If we clear it there we need to consequentely
> audit ALL other possibilites and if there are any we need to clear the
> bit there as well. Just to make buggy user space happy?
>
The entry options into the kernel are: interrupt/exception (already
known to be OK), SYSENTER32, SYSCALL32, and SYSCALL64. It is not too
much to work through those issues, I don't think.
-hpa
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