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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>,
	tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@kernel.org,
	kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/boot: Add bit fields into xloadflags for 5-level kernel checking
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 19:41:29 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6ea94875-ae07-6220-eb3e-d3f830cdac03@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180829141624.13985-2-bhe@redhat.com>

I don't understand why there is any reason not to always enter the target
kernel in 4-level mode.  There certainly is no point whatsoever in having two
xloadflags: the only thing that could possibly matter is whether or not the
kernel in question *can* be entered in 5-level mode should that ever be necessary.

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-04  2:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-08-29 14:16 [PATCH 0/3] Add restrictions for kexec/kdump jumping between 5-level and 4-level kernel Baoquan He
2018-08-29 14:16 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86/boot: Add bit fields into xloadflags for 5-level kernel checking Baoquan He
2018-09-04  2:41   ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2018-09-04  3:44     ` Baoquan He
2018-09-04  4:13       ` H. Peter Anvin
2018-09-04  5:20         ` Baoquan He
2018-09-04  5:46           ` H. Peter Anvin
2018-09-04  6:06             ` Baoquan He
2018-09-04  6:36               ` H. Peter Anvin
2018-09-04  7:16                 ` Baoquan He
2018-09-04  8:42             ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2018-09-05  4:06               ` H. Peter Anvin
2018-09-05  8:02                 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-09-26  7:54                   ` Baoquan He
2018-08-29 14:16 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86/kexec/64: Error out if try to jump to old 4-level kernel from 5-level kernel Baoquan He
2018-08-29 14:16 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86/kdump/64: Change the upper limit of crashkernel reservation Baoquan He
2018-08-30 13:50   ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2018-08-30 14:13     ` Baoquan He
2018-08-30 13:58 ` [PATCH 0/3] Add restrictions for kexec/kdump jumping between 5-level and 4-level kernel Kirill A. Shutemov
2018-08-30 14:12   ` Baoquan He
2018-08-30 14:27     ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2018-08-30 14:57       ` Baoquan He
2018-08-30 15:01         ` Baoquan He
2018-09-02 20:45         ` Kirill A. Shutemov

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