linux/arch
Stas Sergeev bda3a89745 x86: minor cleanup in the espfix code
Impact: Cleanup

Checkin be44d2aabc eliminates the use of
a 16-bit stack for espfix.  However, at least one instruction remained
that only operated on the low 16 bits of %esp.

This is not a bug per se because the kernel stack is always an aligned
4K or 8K block.  Therefore it cannot cross 64K boundaries; this code,
in fact, relies strictly on that fact.

However, it's a lot cleaner (and, for that matter, smaller) to operate
on the entire 32-bit register.

Signed-off-by: Stas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru>
CC: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
CC: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2009-02-23 11:34:04 -08:00
..
alpha Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/core 2009-02-20 17:40:43 +01:00
arm Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/core 2009-02-20 17:40:43 +01:00
avr32 Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/core 2009-02-20 17:40:43 +01:00
blackfin Merge branch 'core/header-fixes' into x86/headers 2009-02-13 21:05:03 +01:00
cris Merge branch 'syscalls' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6 2009-01-14 19:58:40 -08:00
frv FRV: in_interrupt() requires #inclusion of linux/hardirq.h not asm/hardirq.h now 2009-02-09 08:51:35 -08:00
h8300 headers_check fix: h8300, swab.h 2009-02-01 11:01:24 +05:30
ia64 Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/core 2009-02-20 17:40:43 +01:00
m32r eeprom: More consistent symbol names 2009-01-26 21:19:57 +01:00
m68k m68knommu: remove the no longer used PCI support option 2009-01-27 16:42:02 +10:00
m68knommu m68knommu: fix 5329 ColdFire periphal addressing 2009-01-27 16:42:03 +10:00
mips Merge branch 'core/header-fixes' into x86/headers 2009-02-13 21:05:03 +01:00
mn10300 Merge branch 'x86/mm' into core/percpu 2009-01-21 10:39:51 +01:00
parisc Merge branch 'core/header-fixes' into x86/headers 2009-02-13 21:05:03 +01:00
powerpc Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/core 2009-02-20 17:40:43 +01:00
s390 [S390] fix "mem=" handling in case of standby memory 2009-02-19 15:19:19 +01:00
sh sh: Fix up T-bit error handling in SH-4A mutex fastpath. 2009-01-29 11:56:03 +09:00
sparc Merge branch 'linus' into x86/apic 2009-02-13 09:44:22 +01:00
um mm: invoke oom-killer from page fault 2009-01-06 15:58:58 -08:00
x86 x86: minor cleanup in the espfix code 2009-02-23 11:34:04 -08:00
xtensa headers_check fix: xtensa, swab.h 2009-02-01 11:01:30 +05:30
.gitignore
Kconfig [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrapper infrastructure 2009-01-14 14:15:16 +01:00