On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Steven Rostedt <rost...@goodmis.org> wrote:
>
> Actually, in_nmi() is now safe for vmalloc faults. In fact, it handles the
> clobbering of the cr2 register just fine.
That's not what I object to and find incorrect wrt NMI.
Compare the simple and correct 32-bit code to the complex and
incorrect 64-bit code.
In particular, look at how the 32-bit code relies *entirely* on hardware state.
Then look at where the 64-bit code does not.
Linus
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