On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 5:26 AM, tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> wrote: > Commit-ID: a67e7277d01ccfd39b0db5a198c2643cc19dd79c > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/a67e7277d01ccfd39b0db5a198c2643cc19dd79c > Author: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> > AuthorDate: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 18:33:29 -0700 > Committer: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> > CommitDate: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:13:36 +0100 > > x86/asm/entry: Add user_mode_ignore_vm86() > > user_mode() is dangerous and user_mode_vm() has a confusing name. > > Add user_mode_ignore_vm86() (equivalent to current user_mode()). > We'll change the small number of legitimate users of user_mode() > to user_mode_ignore_vm86(). > > Inspired by grsec, although this works rather differently.
Ingo, does this mean that you changed your mind or do you still want a patch to delete user_mode_ignore_vm86 and just use user_mode everywhere instead? --Andy -- 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/
