Re: [PATCH 08/11] x86: make TASK_SIZE_MAX usable from assembly code

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To: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/11] x86: make TASK_SIZE_MAX usable from assembly code
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 22:00:16 +0200
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 12:59:05PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > I didn't see a problem bisecting, do you have something particular in
> > mind?
> 
> Oh, I misunderstood this patch to be a fix for compilation. Is this just
> a correctness fix?

It prepares for using the definition from assembly, which is done in
the next patch.

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