Re: 2.5.63 accesses below %esp (was: Re: ntfs OOPS (2.5.63))

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote:
> > I'm not adding uncertain instruction decoding to the kernel.
> 
> From some point of you I understand. But it's not uncertain. The
> correct one is 100% included.

Sorry, there is _no_ way you can do it correctly.

The preceding bytes may not even be code - they can be constant data in 
the code segment. Trying to decode them as code just generates garbage in 
those circumstances.

		Linus