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We pass around a variable called "error_code" all around the page fault code. Sounds simple enough, especially since "error_code" looks like it exactly matches the values that the hardware gives us on the stack to report the page fault error code (PFEC in SDM parlance). But, that's not how it works. For part of the page fault handler, "error_code" does exactly match PFEC. But, during later parts, it diverges and starts to mean something a bit different. Give it two names for its two jobs. The place it diverges is also really screwy. It's only in a spot where the hardware tells us we have kernel-mode access that occurred while we were in usermode accessing user-controlled address space. Add a warning in there. Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180928160220.4A2272C9@viggo.jf.intel.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.