Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Jan 2018 11:37:57 +0300 | From | "Kirill A. Shutemov" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv6 0/4] x86: 5-level related changes into decompression code<Paste> |
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On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 05:18:05PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 04:57:35PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > > > Here's few changes to x86 decompression code. > > > > > > The first patch is pure cosmetic change: it gives file with KASLR helpers > > > a proper name. > > > > > > The last three patches bring support of booting into 5-level paging mode if > > > a bootloader put the kernel above 4G. > > > > > > Patch 2/4 Renames l5_paging_required() into paging_prepare() and change > > > interface of the function. > > > Patch 3/4 Handles allocation of space for trampoline and gets it prepared. > > > Patch 4/4 Gets trampoline used. > > > > > > Kirill A. Shutemov (4): > > > x86/boot/compressed/64: Rename pagetable.c to kaslr_64.c > > > x86/boot/compressed/64: Introduce paging_prepare() > > > x86/boot/compressed/64: Prepare trampoline memory > > > x86/boot/compressed/64: Handle 5-level paging boot if kernel is above > > > 4G > > > > Ingo, does it look fine now? > > Yes, it looks structurally much better now - but we first need to address all > existing regressions before we can move forward.
There's a fix for kdump issue that maintainers are okay about.
Is there any other regression do you have in mind?
-- Kirill A. Shutemov
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