On 04/05/2020 13:44, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 02.05.2020 00:58, Andrew Cooper wrote: >> The only user of this facility is dom_crash_sync_extable() by passing 0 into >> asm_domain_crash_synchronous(). The common error cases are already covered >> with show_page_walk(), leaving only %ss/%fs selector/segment errors in the >> compat case. >> >> Point at dom_crash_sync_extable in the error message, which is about as good >> as the error hints from other users of asm_domain_crash_synchronous(), and >> drop last_extable_addr. > While I'm not entirely opposed, I'd like you to clarify that you indeed > mean to (mostly) revert your own improvement from 6 or 7 years back > (commit 8e0da8c07f4f). I'm also surprised to find this as part of the > series it's in - in what way does this logic get in the way of CET-SS?
It was part of the exception_fixup() cleanup. The first 4 patches not specifically related to CET-SS. ~Andrew
