Re: [tip:x86/mpx] x86/insn-eval: Add utility function to get segment descriptor

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Thu Dec 07 2017 - 03:01:22 EST


On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 11:26:05PM -0800, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> At the moment MPX and UMIP are using the insn-eval decoder to determine
> linear addresses.

If we're keeping a whole instruction decoder in the kernel, it better
be designed generically enough and usable (and used) by everything that
needs it.

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