[PATCH v4 04/23] x86/mm: Save DRs when loading a temporary mm
Borislav Petkov
bp at alien8.de
Thu Apr 25 16:36:50 UTC 2019
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 04/23] x86/mm: Save DRs when loading a temporary mm
s/DRs/debug registers/
On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 11:57:46AM -0700, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
> From: Nadav Amit <namit at vmware.com>
>
> Prevent user watchpoints from mistakenly firing while the temporary mm
> is being used. As the addresses that of the temporary mm might overlap
s/that //
> those of the user-process, this is necessary to prevent wrong signals
> or worse things from happening.
>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto at kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit at vmware.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe at intel.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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