linux/arch
Thomas Gleixner 01f9f62d3a x86/fpu: Remove pointless memset in fpu_clone()
Zeroing the forked task's FPU registers buffer to avoid leaking init
optimized stale data into the clone is a pointless exercise for the case
where the current task has TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD set. In that case, the FPU
registers state is copied from current's FPU register buffer which can
contain stale init optimized data as well.

The alledged information leak is non-existant because this stale init
optimized data is used nowhere and cannot leak anywhere.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211015011538.722854569@linutronix.de
2021-10-20 15:27:26 +02:00
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alpha alpha: enable GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP unconditionally 2021-09-19 10:37:00 -07:00
arc Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-09-08 12:55:35 -07:00
arm asm-generic: build fixes for v5.15 2021-10-08 11:57:54 -07:00
arm64 asm-generic: build fixes for v5.15 2021-10-08 11:57:54 -07:00
csky entry: rseq: Call rseq_handle_notify_resume() in tracehook_notify_resume() 2021-09-22 10:24:01 -04:00
h8300 Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-09-08 12:55:35 -07:00
hexagon Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-09-08 12:55:35 -07:00
ia64 firmware: include drivers/firmware/Kconfig unconditionally 2021-10-07 16:51:26 +02:00
m68k m68k: Remove set_fs() 2021-09-24 13:35:07 +02:00
microblaze Microblaze patches for 5.15-rc1 2021-09-08 16:02:13 -07:00
mips asm-generic: build fixes for v5.15 2021-10-08 11:57:54 -07:00
nds32 nds32/setup: remove unused memblock_region variable in setup_memory() 2021-09-08 18:45:53 -07:00
nios2 NIOS2: setup.c: drop unused variable 'dram_start' 2021-09-27 08:34:54 -05:00
openrisc Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-09-08 12:55:35 -07:00
parisc asm-generic: build fixes for v5.15 2021-10-08 11:57:54 -07:00
powerpc powerpc fixes for 5.15 #3 2021-10-10 10:12:42 -07:00
riscv RISC-V Fixes for 5.15-rc5 2021-10-09 09:07:58 -07:00
s390 s390/pci: fix zpci_zdev_put() on reserve 2021-10-04 09:49:10 +02:00
sh sh: pgtable-3level: fix cast to pointer from integer of different size 2021-09-24 16:13:35 -07:00
sparc sparc64: fix pci_iounmap() when CONFIG_PCI is not set 2021-09-20 10:56:32 -07:00
um This pull request contains the following changes for UML: 2021-09-09 13:45:26 -07:00
x86 x86/fpu: Remove pointless memset in fpu_clone() 2021-10-20 15:27:26 +02:00
xtensa xtensa: xtfpga: Try software restart before simulating CPU reset 2021-10-05 12:19:05 -07:00
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Kconfig Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-09-08 12:55:35 -07:00