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<title>linux-stable.git/arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h, branch linux-3.4.y</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<title>x86: Fix rflags in FAKE_STACK_FRAME</title>
<updated>2011-12-06T09:02:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Seiichi Ikarashi</name>
<email>s.ikarashi@jp.fujitsu.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-12-06T08:58:14+00:00</published>
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The x86_64 kernel pushes the fake kernel stack in
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:FAKE_STACK_FRAME, and
rflags register in it does not conform to the specification.

Although Intel's manual[1] says bit 1 of it shall be set to 1,
this bit is cleared to 0 on pushing the fake stack.

[1] Intel(R) 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual
    Vol.1 3-21 Figure 3-8. EFLAGS Register

If it is not on purpose, it is better to be fixed, because
it can lead some tools misunderstanding the stack frame. For example,
"crash" utility[2] actually detects it and warns you like
below:

       RIP: ffffffff8005dfa2  RSP: ffff8104ce0c7f58  RFLAGS: 00000200
       [...]

       bt: WARNING: possibly bogus exception frame

Signed-off-by: Seiichi Ikarashi &lt;s.ikarashi@jp.fujitsu.com&gt;
Tested-by: Masayoshi MIZUMA &lt;m.mizuma@jp.fujitsu.com&gt;
Cc: Jan Beulich &lt;JBeulich@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;fweisbec@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
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The x86_64 kernel pushes the fake kernel stack in
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:FAKE_STACK_FRAME, and
rflags register in it does not conform to the specification.

Although Intel's manual[1] says bit 1 of it shall be set to 1,
this bit is cleared to 0 on pushing the fake stack.

[1] Intel(R) 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual
    Vol.1 3-21 Figure 3-8. EFLAGS Register

If it is not on purpose, it is better to be fixed, because
it can lead some tools misunderstanding the stack frame. For example,
"crash" utility[2] actually detects it and warns you like
below:

       RIP: ffffffff8005dfa2  RSP: ffff8104ce0c7f58  RFLAGS: 00000200
       [...]

       bt: WARNING: possibly bogus exception frame

Signed-off-by: Seiichi Ikarashi &lt;s.ikarashi@jp.fujitsu.com&gt;
Tested-by: Masayoshi MIZUMA &lt;m.mizuma@jp.fujitsu.com&gt;
Cc: Jan Beulich &lt;JBeulich@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;fweisbec@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: Remove RDWRGSFS bit from CR4_RESERVED_BITS</title>
<updated>2011-07-12T10:16:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yang, Wei</name>
<email>wei.y.yang@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-06-14T12:10:17+00:00</published>
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This patch removes RDWRGSFS bit from CR4_RESERVED_BITS.

Signed-off-by: Yang, Wei &lt;wei.y.yang@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity &lt;avi@redhat.com&gt;
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This patch removes RDWRGSFS bit from CR4_RESERVED_BITS.

Signed-off-by: Yang, Wei &lt;wei.y.yang@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity &lt;avi@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86, cpu: Add SMEP CPU feature in CR4</title>
<updated>2011-05-18T04:06:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Fenghua Yu</name>
<email>fenghua.yu@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-05-18T01:44:27+00:00</published>
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Add support for newly documented SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection)
CPU feature in CR4.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu &lt;fenghua.yu@intel.com&gt;
LKML-Reference: &lt;1305683069-25394-3-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
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Add support for newly documented SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection)
CPU feature in CR4.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu &lt;fenghua.yu@intel.com&gt;
LKML-Reference: &lt;1305683069-25394-3-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86: Fix common misspellings</title>
<updated>2011-03-18T09:39:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lucas De Marchi</name>
<email>lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-03-17T19:24:16+00:00</published>
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They were generated by 'codespell' and then manually reviewed.

Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi &lt;lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi&gt;
Cc: trivial@kernel.org
LKML-Reference: &lt;1300389856-1099-3-git-send-email-lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
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They were generated by 'codespell' and then manually reviewed.

Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi &lt;lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi&gt;
Cc: trivial@kernel.org
LKML-Reference: &lt;1300389856-1099-3-git-send-email-lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86: Fix ASM_X86__ header guards</title>
<updated>2008-10-23T05:55:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>H. Peter Anvin</name>
<email>hpa@zytor.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-10-23T05:26:29+00:00</published>
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Change header guards named "ASM_X86__*" to "_ASM_X86_*" since:

a. the double underscore is ugly and pointless.
b. no leading underscore violates namespace constraints.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
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Change header guards named "ASM_X86__*" to "_ASM_X86_*" since:

a. the double underscore is ugly and pointless.
b. no leading underscore violates namespace constraints.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86, um: ... and asm-x86 move</title>
<updated>2008-10-23T05:55:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-08-18T01:05:42+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
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