| commit | ff6e642fe5fae0da7b54540fb76a93f3d968c87a | |
| author | Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> | |
| Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:52:41 +0000 (26 10:52 +0200) | ||
| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | |
| Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:49:51 +0000 (23 15:49 -0800) | ||
| tree | c5fe958ed69764631db0c05a8ea5dc5fdba2459a | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | abf95418101f410b1cfdcd3c78d0d299231c8fcd | commitdiff |
Don't leak NT bit into next task
SYSENTER can cause a NT to be set which might cause crashes on the IRET
in the next task.
Following similar i386 patch from Linus.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
[backport from Chuck Ebbert]
Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
SYSENTER can cause a NT to be set which might cause crashes on the IRET
in the next task.
Following similar i386 patch from Linus.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
[backport from Chuck Ebbert]
Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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