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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:36:18 -0500
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        "kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jann Horn <jann@...jh.net>, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 14/16] x86/dumpstack/64: Handle faults when printing
 the "Stack:" part of an OOPS

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 09:23:09PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> If we overflow the stack into a guard page, we'll recursively fault
> when trying to dump the contents of the guard page.  Use
> probe_kernel_address so we can recover if this happens.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>

-- 
Josh

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