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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Remove reference to syscall trampoline in PTI
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:11:41 -0700
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Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com> writes:

> On 2.11.23 =D0=B3. 15:02 =D1=87., Nikolay Borisov wrote:
>> Commit bf904d2762ee ("x86/pti/64: Remove the SYSCALL64 entry trampoline")
>> removed the syscall trampoline and instead opted to enable using the
>> default syscall64 entry point by mapping the percpu TSS. Unfortunately
>> the PTI documentation wasn't updated when the respective changes were
>> made, so let's bring the doc up to speed.
>>=20
>> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
>
> Ping

Hmm...this has indeed languished for a while.  I was waiting for an ack
from x86land, but I guess I'll just apply it unless somebody screams.

Thanks,

jon