Re: [discuss] Re: Please pull x86-64 bug fixes

[Andi Kleen]

> Have you actually ever seen an alignment check in the kernel? 

No. It was me extrapolating from Marcus' report, but I apparently
didn't read the specification well enough.

> As far as I  
> know, the AC flag is only effective in user space, and anything else would 
> be in violation of the whole definition of the AC flag. The i486 manual 
> explicitly states that AC events are _only_ handled in ring3.
> 
> So I think these both are (a) misleading and (b) wrong.

Ok. Please drop them then.

-Andi
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