On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 04:53:44PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > +noinstr void idtentry_validate_ist(struct pt_regs *regs) > +{ > + if ((regs->sp & ~(EXCEPTION_STKSZ-1)) == > + (_RET_IP_ & ~(EXCEPTION_STKSZ-1))) > + die("IST stack recursion", regs, 0); > +} Yes, this is a start, it doesn't cover the case where the NMI stack is in-between, so I think you need to walk down regs->sp too. The dumpstack code already has some logic for this. Joerg