Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Dec 2005 13:55:14 -0800 | From | Ravikiran G Thirumalai <> | Subject | Re: [discuss] [patch] x86_64: align and pad x86_64 GDT on page boundary |
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On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 09:15:18PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 11:42:32AM -0800, Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote: > > > > - .align L1_CACHE_BYTES > > + /* zero the remaining page */ > > + .fill PAGE_SIZE / 8 - GDT_ENTRIES,8,0 > > + > > ENTRY(idt_table) > > Why can't the IDT not be shared with the GDT page? It should be mostly > read only right and putting r-o data on that page should be ok, right?
Yes, you are right. This should not have been a problem. Some people reported this symbol (cpu_gdt) though. Will have to go back and check.
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