Andy Lutomirski a632375764 x86/ldt/64: Refresh DS and ES when modify_ldt changes an entry
On x86_32, modify_ldt() implicitly refreshes the cached DS and ES
segments because they are refreshed on return to usermode.

On x86_64, they're not refreshed on return to usermode.  To improve
determinism and match x86_32's behavior, refresh them when we update
the LDT.

This avoids a situation in which the DS points to a descriptor that is
changed but the old cached segment persists until the next reschedule.
If this happens, then the user-visible state will change
nondeterministically some time after modify_ldt() returns, which is
unfortunate.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@suse.de>
Cc: Chang Seok <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-27 09:12:57 +02:00
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Linux kernel
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This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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