On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 11:16:59AM -0700, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> In its current form, user_64bit_mode() can only be used when CONFIG_X86_64
> is selected. This implies that code built with CONFIG_X86_64=n cannot use
> it. If a piece of code needs to be built for both CONFIG_X86_64=y and
> CONFIG_X86_64=n and wants to use this function, it needs to wrap it in
> an #ifdef/#endif; potentially, in multiple places.
> 
> This can be easily avoided with a single #ifdef/#endif pair within
> user_64bit_mode() itself.
> 
> Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <b...@suse.de>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.han...@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Adam Buchbinder <adam.buchbin...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.k...@canonical.com>
> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoa...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Qiaowei Ren <qiaowei....@intel.com>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <a...@redhat.com>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhira...@kernel.org>
> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hun...@intel.com>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
> Cc: Thomas Garnier <thgar...@google.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <b...@suse.de>
> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyu...@google.com>
> Cc: Ravi V. Shankar <ravi.v.shan...@intel.com>
> Cc: x...@kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calde...@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <b...@suse.de>

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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(AG Nürnberg)
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