[PATCH 3.2 087/104] x86/syscall: Sanitize syscall table de-references under speculation

2018-03-11 Thread Ben Hutchings
3.2.101-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Ben Hutchings commit 2fbd7af5af8665d18bcefae3e9700be07e22b681 upstream. The upstream version of this, touching C code, was written by Dan Williams, with the following

[PATCH 3.2 087/104] x86/syscall: Sanitize syscall table de-references under speculation

2018-03-11 Thread Ben Hutchings
3.2.101-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Ben Hutchings commit 2fbd7af5af8665d18bcefae3e9700be07e22b681 upstream. The upstream version of this, touching C code, was written by Dan Williams, with the following description: > The