Re: [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: x86: Fix call-chain supportto use NMI-safe methods

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon Jun 15 2009 - 16:29:26 EST




On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>
> We have to restore the usermode %gs somewhere...

None of this is useful for user-mode return _anyway_, since you have to
restore %cs/%ss too. At that point, you have to use iret.

Linus
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