Patch "kaiser: delete KAISER_REAL_SWITCH option" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree
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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
kaiser: delete KAISER_REAL_SWITCH option
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
kaiser-delete-kaiser_real_switch-option.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.
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From foo@baz Wed Jan 3 18:58:12 CET 2018
From: Hugh Dickins <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 18:30:43 -0700
Subject: kaiser: delete KAISER_REAL_SWITCH option
From: Hugh Dickins <[email protected]>
We fail to see what CONFIG_KAISER_REAL_SWITCH is for: it seems to be left over from early development, and now just obscures tricky parts of the code. Delete it before adding PCIDs, or nokaiser boot option.
(Or if there is some good reason to keep the option, then it needs a help text - and a "depends on KAISER", so that all those without KAISER are not asked the question.)
--- arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 4 ---- arch/x86/include/asm/kaiser.h | 4 ---- security/Kconfig | 4 ---- 3 files changed, 12 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +0 -4
@@ -1291,9 +1291,7 @@ ENTRY(nmi) /* %rax is saved above, so OK to clobber here */ movq %cr3, %rax pushq %rax -#ifdef CONFIG_KAISER_REAL_SWITCH andq $(~KAISER_SHADOW_PGD_OFFSET), %rax -#endif movq %rax, %cr3 #endif call do_nmi
@@ -1534,9 +1532,7 @@ end_repeat_nmi: /* %rax is saved above, so OK to clobber here */ movq %cr3, %rax pushq %rax -#ifdef CONFIG_KAISER_REAL_SWITCH andq $(~KAISER_SHADOW_PGD_OFFSET), %rax -#endif movq %rax, %cr3 #endif
arch/x86/include/asm/kaiser.h +0 -4
@@ -21,17 +21,13 @@ .macro _SWITCH_TO_KERNEL_CR3 reg movq %cr3, \reg -#ifdef CONFIG_KAISER_REAL_SWITCH andq $(~KAISER_SHADOW_PGD_OFFSET), \reg -#endif movq \reg, %cr3 .endm .macro _SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 reg movq %cr3, \reg -#ifdef CONFIG_KAISER_REAL_SWITCH orq $(KAISER_SHADOW_PGD_OFFSET), \reg -#endif movq \reg, %cr3 .endm
security/Kconfig +0 -4
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ config KAISER If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer Y. -config KAISER_REAL_SWITCH - bool "KAISER: actually switch page tables" - default y - config SECURITYFS bool "Enable the securityfs filesystem" help
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are
queue-4.4/kaiser-vmstat-show-nr_kaisertable-as-nr_overhead.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-add-nokaiser-boot-option-using-alternative.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-fix-unlikely-error-in-alloc_ldt_struct.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-_pgd_alloc-without-__gfp_repeat-to-avoid-stalls.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-kaiser_flush_tlb_on_return_to_user-check-pcid.patch queue-4.4/x86-paravirt-dont-patch-flush_tlb_single.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-merged-update.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-delete-kaiser_real_switch-option.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-kaiser_remove_mapping-move-along-the-pgd.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-fix-perf-crashes.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-drop-is_atomic-arg-to-kaiser_pagetable_walk.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-load_new_mm_cr3-let-switch_user_cr3-flush-user.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-enhanced-by-kernel-and-user-pcids.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-x86_cr3_pcid_noflush-and-x86_cr3_pcid_user.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-use-alternative-instead-of-x86_cr3_pcid_noflush.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-stack-map-page_size-at-thread_size-page_size.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-name-that-0x1000-kaiser_shadow_pgd_offset.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-fix-regs-to-do_nmi-ifndef-config_kaiser.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-do-not-set-_page_nx-on-pgd_none.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-tidied-up-asm-kaiser.h-somewhat.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-cleanups-while-trying-for-gold-link.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-tidied-up-kaiser_add-remove_mapping-slightly.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-fix-build-and-fixme-in-alloc_ldt_struct.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-kernel-address-isolation.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-enomem-if-kaiser_pagetable_walk-null.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-asm-tlbflush.h-handle-nopge-at-lower-level.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-paranoid_entry-pass-cr3-need-to-paranoid_exit.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-kaiser-depends-on-smp.patch queue-4.4/kaiser-pcid-0-for-kernel-and-128-for-user.patch