Merge branch 'x86-iopl-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 iopl updates from Ingo Molnar:
"This implements a nice simplification of the iopl and ioperm code that
Thomas Gleixner discovered: we can implement the IO privilege features
of the iopl system call by using the IO permission bitmap in
permissive mode, while trapping CLI/STI/POPF/PUSHF uses in user-space
if they change the interrupt flag.
This implements that feature, with testing facilities and related
cleanups"
[ "Simplification" may be an over-statement. The main goal is to avoid
the cli/sti of iopl by effectively implementing the IO port access
parts of iopl in terms of ioperm.
This may end up not workign well in case people actually depend on
cli/sti being available, or if there are mixed uses of iopl and
ioperm. We will see.. - Linus ]
* 'x86-iopl-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (22 commits)
x86/ioperm: Fix use of deprecated config option
x86/entry/32: Clarify register saving in __switch_to_asm()
selftests/x86/iopl: Extend test to cover IOPL emulation
x86/ioperm: Extend IOPL config to control ioperm() as well
x86/iopl: Remove legacy IOPL option
x86/iopl: Restrict iopl() permission scope
x86/iopl: Fixup misleading comment
selftests/x86/ioperm: Extend testing so the shared bitmap is exercised
x86/ioperm: Share I/O bitmap if identical
x86/ioperm: Remove bitmap if all permissions dropped
x86/ioperm: Move TSS bitmap update to exit to user work
x86/ioperm: Add bitmap sequence number
x86/ioperm: Move iobitmap data into a struct
x86/tss: Move I/O bitmap data into a seperate struct
x86/io: Speedup schedule out of I/O bitmap user
x86/ioperm: Avoid bitmap allocation if no permissions are set
x86/ioperm: Simplify first ioperm() invocation logic
x86/iopl: Cleanup include maze
x86/tss: Fix and move VMX BUILD_BUG_ON()
x86/cpu: Unify cpu_init()
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