Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:58:21 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] change init_gdt to update the gdt via write_gdt, rather than a direct write. |
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* Alex Nixon <alex.nixon@citrix.com> wrote:
> From: Alex Nixon <alex.nixon@citrix.com> > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:21:56 +0100 > Subject: [PATCH] change init_gdt to update the gdt via write_gdt, rather than a direct write. > > By writing directly, a memory access violation can occur whilst > hotplugging a CPU if the entry was previously marked read-only.
applied to tip/x86/urgent - thanks Alex.
Ingo
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