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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/8] x86: Add support for rd/wr fs/gs base
> It wouldn't take any additional memory at all.  Currently we have 8k
> of "debug" stack which is really two 4k pieces, and you're putting the
> kernel gs base in the bottom word. I'm suggesting that you duplicate
> the kernel gs base at the bottom work and the bottom word + 4k. We
> already have a hard limit of 4k of debug stack because of the IST
> shift mechanism -- it really is two separate 4k stacks, not one 8k
> stack.

Seems like a hack. What happens if we add an uneven number of stacks?

Just handling it in the code is simple enough.


-Andi
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ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only


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