From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
To: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [ 10/25] x86, espfix: Make it possible to disable 16-bit support
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 02:58:54 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1418007534.11886.58.camel@decadent.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141206174148.851443989@1wt.eu>
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On Sat, 2014-12-06 at 18:41 +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> 2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>
> ------------------
>
> From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
>
> commit 34273f41d57ee8d854dcd2a1d754cbb546cb548f upstream.
>
> Embedded systems, which may be very memory-size-sensitive, are
> extremely unlikely to ever encounter any 16-bit software, so make it
> a CONFIG_EXPERT option to turn off support for any 16-bit software
> whatsoever.
>
> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398816946-3351-1-git-send-email-hpa@linux.intel.com
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
> (cherry picked from 3.2 commit 70d87cbbd92a3611655b39003176ee1033796bf7)
> [wt: backport notes for 2.6.32 :
> - Fixed arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c (no IS_ENABLED on 2.6.32).
> - No CONFIG_EXPERT condition in 2.6.32.
> /wt]
[...]
It used to be called CONFIG_EMBEDDED, so you could s/EXPERT/EMBEDDED/,
but it doesn't matter much.
Ben.
--
Ben Hutchings
If you seem to know what you are doing, you'll be given more to do.
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Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2014-12-06 17:41 ` [ 00/25] 2.6.32.65-longterm review Willy Tarreau
2014-12-08 0:58 ` Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:41 ` [ 01/25] net: sendmsg: fix failed backport of "fix NULL pointer dereference" Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:41 ` [ 02/25] x86, 64-bit: Move K8 B step iret fixup to fault entry asm Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:41 ` [ 03/25] x86-64: Adjust frame type at paranoid_exit: Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:41 ` [ 04/25] x86-64, modify_ldt: Ban 16-bit segments on 64-bit kernels Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:41 ` [ 05/25] x86-32, espfix: Remove filter for espfix32 due to race Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:41 ` [ 06/25] x86-64, espfix: Dont leak bits 31:16 of %esp returning to 16-bit stack Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:41 ` [ 07/25] x86, espfix: Move espfix definitions into a separate header file Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:41 ` [ 08/25] x86, espfix: Fix broken header guard Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:41 ` [ 09/25] x86, espfix: Make espfix64 a Kconfig option, fix UML Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:41 ` [ 10/25] x86, espfix: Make it possible to disable 16-bit support Willy Tarreau
2014-12-08 2:58 ` Ben Hutchings [this message]
2014-12-08 7:11 ` Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:41 ` [ 11/25] x86_64/entry/xen: Do not invoke espfix64 on Xen Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:42 ` [ 12/25] x86/espfix/xen: Fix allocation of pages for paravirt page tables Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:42 ` [ 13/25] x86_64, traps: Stop using IST for #SS Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:42 ` [ 14/25] x86_64, traps: Fix the espfix64 #DF fixup and rewrite it in C Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:42 ` [ 15/25] x86_64, traps: Rework bad_iret Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:42 ` [ 16/25] net/l2tp: dont fall back on UDP [get|set]sockopt Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:42 ` [ 17/25] ALSA: control: Dont access controls outside of protected regions Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:42 ` [ 18/25] ALSA: control: Fix replacing user controls Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:42 ` [ 19/25] USB: whiteheat: Added bounds checking for bulk command response Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:42 ` [ 20/25] net: sctp: fix panic on duplicate ASCONF chunks Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:42 ` [ 21/25] net: sctp: fix remote memory pressure from excessive queueing Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:42 ` [ 22/25] udf: Avoid infinite loop when processing indirect ICBs Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:42 ` [ 23/25] net: sctp: fix NULL pointer dereference in af->from_addr_param on malformed packet Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:42 ` [ 24/25] mac80211: fix fragmentation code, particularly for encryption Willy Tarreau
2014-12-06 17:42 ` [ 25/25] ttusb-dec: buffer overflow in ioctl Willy Tarreau
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