Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] x86/entry/64: Refactor IRQ stacks and make them NMI-safe

[Borislav Petkov]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:57:04PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> This will allow IRQ stacks to nest inside NMIs or similar entries
> that can happen during IRQ stack setup or teardown.
> 
> The Xen code here has a confusing comment.
> 
> The new macros won't work correctly if they're invoked with IRQs on.
> Add a check under CONFIG_DEBUG_ENTRY to detect that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/Kconfig.debug       |  2 -
>  arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S    | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>  arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c |  4 ++
>  3 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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