| Date | Mon, 20 Nov 2017 22:56:46 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 03/16] x86/gdt: Put per-cpu GDT remaps in ascending order |
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On Mon, 20 Nov 2017, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> We currently have CPU 0's GDT at the top of the GDT range and > higher-numbered CPUs at lower addreses. This happens because the > fixmap is upside down (index 0 is the top of the fixmap). > > Flip it so that GDTs are in ascending order by virtual address. > This will simplify a future patch that will generalize the GDT > remap to contain multiple pages. > > Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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