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Commit 5bf0cab6 authored by Chang S. Bae's avatar Chang S. Bae Committed by Thomas Gleixner
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x86/entry/64: Document GSBASE handling in the paranoid path



On a FSGSBASE system, the way to handle GSBASE in the paranoid path is
different from the existing SWAPGS-based entry/exit path handling. Document
the reason and what has to be done for FSGSBASE enabled systems.

[ tglx: Massaged doc and changelog ]

Signed-off-by: default avatarChang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ravi Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1557309753-24073-14-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@intel.com
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