From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932889AbbERUnV (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 May 2015 16:43:21 -0400 Received: from www.linutronix.de ([62.245.132.108]:51119 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932573AbbERUnU (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 May 2015 16:43:20 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 22:43:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Gleixner To: Dave Hansen cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/19] x86, mpx: we do not allocate the bounds directory In-Reply-To: <20150508185951.971F11F2@viggo.jf.intel.com> Message-ID: References: <20150508185948.4C19F4B0@viggo.jf.intel.com> <20150508185951.971F11F2@viggo.jf.intel.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (DEB 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Linutronix-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Linutronix-Spam-Level: - X-Linutronix-Spam-Status: No , -1.0 points, 5.0 required, ALL_TRUSTED=-1,SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001,URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 8 May 2015, Dave Hansen wrote: > Subject: x86, mpx: we do not allocate the bounds directory led me to expect, that we actually do something like this. x86, mpx: Restrict mmap size check to bounds tables might be more accurate. > > From: Dave Hansen > > The comment and code here are confusing. We do not currently > allocate the bounds directory in the kernel. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen Otherwise Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner