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Re: [PATCH] x86/retpoline/entry: Disable the entire SYSCALL64 fast ...

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Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) What _does_ show up a bit is this in prepare_exit_to_usermode(): What _does_ show up a bit is this in prepare_exit_to_usermode(): #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
        /*
         * Compat syscalls set TS_COMPAT.  We need to clear it *after* signal
         * handling, because syscall restart has a fixup for compat
         * syscalls.
         *
         * We also need to clear TS_REGS_POKED_I386: the 32-bit tracer
         * special case only applies after poking regs and before the
         * very next return to user mode.

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