On Mon, 29 Sep 2014, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > 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.
Fair enough. I still don't see why we should care. Supporting buggy user space was never high on my list. Thanks, tglx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/