On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:36:44PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> modify_ldt has questionable locking and does not synchronize
> threads. Improve it: redesign the locking and synchronize all
> threads' LDTs using an IPI on all modifications.
>
> This will dramatically slow down modify_ldt in multithreaded
> programs, but there shouldn't be any multithreaded programs that
> care about modify_ldt's performance in the first place.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
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