Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933819AbYCEXOT (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:14:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933348AbYCEXMn (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:12:43 -0500 Received: from dspnet.fr.eu.org ([213.186.44.138]:4576 "EHLO dspnet.fr.eu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933349AbYCEXMk (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:12:40 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:12:38 +0100 From: Olivier Galibert To: Michael Matz Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , David Miller , richard.guenther@gmail.com, Joe.Buck@synopsys.com, hubicka@ucw.cz, aurelien@aurel32.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: RELEASE BLOCKER: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction flag Message-ID: <20080305231238.GA2649@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Olivier Galibert , Michael Matz , "H. Peter Anvin" , David Miller , richard.guenther@gmail.com, Joe.Buck@synopsys.com, hubicka@ucw.cz, aurelien@aurel32.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gcc@gcc.gnu.org References: <84fc9c000803051332q2f2eedeej7d3c0509e698cabf@mail.gmail.com> <47CF11D6.7070901@zytor.com> <84fc9c000803051340i13559c63tcf56eb828d000802@mail.gmail.com> <20080305.141622.80343656.davem@davemloft.net> <47CF25A5.5060709@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 571 Lines: 14 On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 12:07:39AM +0100, Michael Matz wrote: > For security problems I prefer fixes over work-arounds. The fix lies in > the kernel, the work-around in gcc. Incorrect. The bugs are in the ABI documentation and in gcc, and the fixes should be done there. Doing it in the kernel is the workaround. OG. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/