> This seems like it's asking for trouble. I think wxe'd have to > separately save the selectors and the base registers to avoid breaking > something, especially once wrgsbase, etc are enabled.
I agree, it would likely break existing code. > Linus, for context, the other patch in this series saves and restores > SS. > Without that, 64-bit sigreturn to a nondefault stack segment is > basically impossible. Why would you ever want to do that? -Andi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
