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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5] x86: make sure IDT is page aligned
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On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 3:16 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> 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.

ok. so the old code is just for optimization to keep it cacheline aligned?


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