Patch "x86/pti: Document fix wrong index" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree
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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/pti: Document fix wrong index
to the 4.9-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:
x86-pti-document-fix-wrong-index.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 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: "zhenwei.pi" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:04:52 +0800
Subject: x86/pti: Document fix wrong index
From: zhenwei.pi <[email protected]>
commit 98f0fceec7f84d80bc053e49e596088573086421 upstream.
In section <2. Runtime Cost>, fix wrong index.
--- Documentation/x86/pti.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Documentation/x86/pti.txt +1 -1
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ this protection comes at a cost: non-PTI SYSCALL entry code, so requires mapping fewer things into the userspace page tables. The downside is that stacks must be switched at entry time. - d. Global pages are disabled for all kernel structures not + c. Global pages are disabled for all kernel structures not mapped into both kernel and userspace page tables. This feature of the MMU allows different processes to share TLB entries mapping the kernel. Losing the feature means more
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are
queue-4.9/x86-pti-document-fix-wrong-index.patch