subject:"\[PATCH 4.14 20\/75\] selftests\/x86\/ldt_gdt\: Robustify against set_thread_area\(\) and LAR oddities"

[PATCH 4.14 20/75] selftests/x86/ldt_gdt: Robustify against set_thread_area() and LAR oddities

2017-12-07 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman

4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Andy Lutomirski [ Upstream commit d60ad744c9741586010d4bea286f09a063a90fbd ] Bits 19:16 of LAR's result are undefined, and some upcoming improvements to the test case seem

[PATCH 4.14 20/75] selftests/x86/ldt_gdt: Robustify against set_thread_area() and LAR oddities

2017-12-07 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman

4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Andy Lutomirski [ Upstream commit d60ad744c9741586010d4bea286f09a063a90fbd ] Bits 19:16 of LAR's result are undefined, and some upcoming improvements to the test case seem to trigger this.