Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:16:58 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5] x86: make sure IDT is page aligned |
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On 07/16/2013 03:13 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: > > ok, then should change > >> +/* No need to be aligned, but done to keep all IDTs defined the same way. */ >> +gate_desc trace_idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_bss; > > ==> > >> +/* Only need to be cacheline aligned, but keep all IDTs defined the same way to be page aligned. */ >> +gate_desc trace_idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_bss;
It doesn't need to be cacheline aligned, either, to the best of my knowledge. The former comment is more correct.
-hpa
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