From: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>,
Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] Documentation/x86: Update EFI memory region description
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:22:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151119112224.GA2577@codeblueprint.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151118081859.GB23844@gmail.com>
On Wed, 18 Nov, at 09:18:59AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> Ah yes - but then the text is misleading, what does 'in the virtual range of 64Gb'
> mean? A virtual memory range is a specific range of addresses - like in the table
> you extended.
>
> A better phrasing would be something like:
>
> We map EFI runtime services in the 'efi_pgd' PGD in a 64Gb large virtual memory
> window (this size is arbitrary, it can be raised later if needed).
>
> Agreed?
Sounds OK to me.
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Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-12 15:40 [GIT PULL 0/6] EFI page table isolation Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 15:40 ` [PATCH 1/6] x86/mm/pageattr: Ensure cpa->pfn only contains page frame numbers Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 18:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 15:40 ` [PATCH 2/6] x86/mm/pageattr: Do not strip pte flags from cpa->pfn Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <1447342823-3612-3-git-send-email-matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-12 18:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 18:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 19:28 ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 15:40 ` [PATCH 3/6] x86/efi: Map RAM into the identity page table for mixed mode Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 18:01 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 19:45 ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 15:40 ` [PATCH 4/6] x86/efi: Hoist page table switching code into efi_call_virt() Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <1447342823-3612-5-git-send-email-matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-12 18:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 18:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 20:01 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20151112200108.GF2681-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-13 7:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-13 7:59 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20151113075943.GB23605-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-13 16:19 ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-13 16:19 ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 18:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 18:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 20:15 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <1447342823-3612-1-git-send-email-matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-12 15:40 ` [PATCH 5/6] x86/efi: Build our own page table structures Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 15:40 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <1447342823-3612-6-git-send-email-matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-12 18:38 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 18:38 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20151112183813.GF3838-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-12 21:38 ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 21:38 ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 15:40 ` [PATCH 6/6] Documentation/x86: Update EFI memory region description Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 18:37 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <1447342823-3612-7-git-send-email-matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-13 9:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-11-13 9:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-11-13 9:29 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20151113092906.GD2716-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-13 16:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-11-13 16:42 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <CA+55aFxeyspaa_VCv9fRqTpuamFD95siSx9oXp57aO3Fi=EwXw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-13 22:22 ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-13 22:22 ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-18 8:18 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-11-18 8:18 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-11-19 11:22 ` Matt Fleming [this message]
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