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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 04/18] x86/gdt: Put per-cpu GDT remaps in ascending order
    On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 08:43:59PM -0800, 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.
    >
    > Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    > Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
    > ---
    > arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h | 2 +-
    > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

    Same reply as before:

    https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171121171643.jtwbfuvxwi6wecj3@pd.tnic

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