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Andy Lutomirski a632375764 x86/ldt/64: Refresh DS and ES when modify_ldt changes an entry
On x86_32, modify_ldt() implicitly refreshes the cached DS and ES
segments because they are refreshed on return to usermode.

On x86_64, they're not refreshed on return to usermode.  To improve
determinism and match x86_32's behavior, refresh them when we update
the LDT.

This avoids a situation in which the DS points to a descriptor that is
changed but the old cached segment persists until the next reschedule.
If this happens, then the user-visible state will change
nondeterministically some time after modify_ldt() returns, which is
unfortunate.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@suse.de>
Cc: Chang Seok <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-27 09:12:57 +02:00
Documentation x86/unwind: Add the ORC unwinder 2017-07-26 13:18:20 +02:00
arch x86/ldt/64: Refresh DS and ES when modify_ldt changes an entry 2017-07-27 09:12:57 +02:00
block Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-07-11 15:36:52 -07:00
certs modsign: add markers to endif-statements in certs/Makefile 2017-07-14 11:01:37 +10:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2017-07-14 22:49:50 -07:00
drivers regmap: Fix build due to w1 header refactoring 2017-07-17 12:38:18 -07:00
firmware firmware/Makefile: force recompilation if makefile changes 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
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include x86/unwind: Add the ORC unwinder 2017-07-26 13:18:20 +02:00
init random: do not ignore early device randomness 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
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kernel Merge branch 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-17 13:00:36 -07:00
lib x86/kconfig: Make it easier to switch to the new ORC unwinder 2017-07-26 13:18:20 +02:00
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security KEYS: DH: validate __spare field 2017-07-14 11:01:38 +10:00
sound sound fixes for 4.13-rc1 2017-07-14 12:44:00 -07:00
tools objtool: Fix gcov check for older versions of GCC 2017-07-25 11:12:45 +02:00
usr ramfs: clarify help text that compression applies to ramfs as well as legacy ramdisk. 2017-07-06 16:24:30 -07:00
virt Second batch of KVM updates for v4.13 2017-07-15 10:18:16 -07:00
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Kbuild kbuild: Consolidate header generation from ASM offset information 2017-04-13 05:43:37 +09:00
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MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2017-07-15 10:59:54 -07:00
Makefile Linux v4.13-rc1 2017-07-15 15:22:10 -07:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

README

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.