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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] x86/cpu_entry_area: move part of it back to fixmap
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 09:37:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181004073719.GD19272@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181004045948.129142-1-namit@vmware.com>

On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 09:59:48PM -0700, Nadav Amit wrote:
> This patch proposes to do something different: break
> it into two. One part holds code+data that is needed for the entry
> (trampoline code, entry stack and TSS), which is mapped in the fixmap.

> The other part holds the exception_stacks, debug store and buffers, and
> is left in its current (new) position.

> The name
> "cpu_entry_area_aux" for the second area is awful (ideas are welcomed),

How about: cpu_data_area ? Since none of that is required for the entry,
that should also not be part of its name.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-10-04  7:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-04  4:59 [RFC] x86/cpu_entry_area: move part of it back to fixmap Nadav Amit
2018-10-04  7:37 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2018-10-04  9:41   ` Nadav Amit
     [not found] ` <72B0B378-9515-47C4-8937-9F1E823DD236@amacapital.net>
2018-10-04 16:30   ` Nadav Amit
2018-10-04 17:02     ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-05 18:35       ` Nadav Amit
2018-10-05 22:10         ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-05 22:17           ` Nadav Amit

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