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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h index be91d5736e08..40269a2bf6f9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h @@ -52,7 +52,16 @@ static inline void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next, /* Stop flush ipis for the previous mm */ cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(prev)); - /* Load the LDT, if the LDT is different: */ + /* + * Load the LDT, if the LDT is different. + * + * It's possible leave_mm(prev) has been called. If so, + * then prev->context.ldt could be out of sync with the + * LDT descriptor or the LDT register. This can only happen + * if prev->context.ldt is non-null, since we never free + * an LDT. But LDTs can't be shared across mms, so + * prev->context.ldt won't be equal to next->context.ldt. + */ if (unlikely(prev->context.ldt != next->context.ldt)) load_LDT_nolock(&next->context); } |
