Re: [PATCH] i386: improve double fault handling

[H. Peter Anvin]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Secondly, task gates are really a relic that should not be proliferated. 
> Besides the complications in virtualized environments (if more common 
> things like Big Real Mode are not supported well in virtual mode what do 
> we expect of more esoteric features as task gates?) it does not get 
> nearly as much testing on real silicon as other, more mainstream CPU 
> features.

I think that using it as a bailout mechanism is going to remain 
supported and tested.  It's just never going to be fast.

	-hpa

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