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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86, realmode: set real_mode permissions early
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On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 4:01 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> On 12/27/2012 03:56 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm looking at this patch in the -v8 branch: you need to update the
>>> comment above that function to say that trampoline code needs to be
>>> marked X now earlier.
>>
>>
>> Not sure if we really need to add such comment in the code.
>>
>> Peter, what is your idea about this?
>>
>
> It would be good to note why the early_initcall is the right phase.
>

How about:

---
Trampoline will be executed by APs with SMP,
So we need to set it EXEC in do_pre_smp_initcalls and it is early_initcall.
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