On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 02:27:10PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > --- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c > +++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c > @@ -1500,10 +1500,13 @@ static noinline void > return; > > /* Was the fault on kernel-controlled part of the address space? */ > - if (unlikely(fault_in_kernel_space(address))) > + if (unlikely(fault_in_kernel_space(address))) { > do_kern_addr_fault(regs, hw_error_code, address); > - else > + } else { > do_user_addr_fault(regs, hw_error_code, address); > + if (regs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_IF) > + local_irq_disable(); > + } The corresponding irq enable is in do_user_addr_fault(), why not do the disable there? -- Josh