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Peter Anvin" , Boris Ostrovsky , x86@kernel.org, Lai Jiangshan , VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers , Ingo Molnar , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Pasha Tatashin , Anshuman Khandual , Brian Gerst , Borislav Petkov , Andy Lutomirski , Thomas Gleixner , Suren Baghdasaryan , Josh Poimboeuf , Juergen Gross , Alexey Makhalov , "Kirill A. Shutemov" , Andrew Morton , David Woodhouse , "Mike Rapoport \(IBM\)" X-BeenThere: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux virtualization List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Sender: "Virtualization" On 5/15/23 01:19, Hou Wenlong wrote: > This patchset unifies FIXADDR_TOP as a variable for x86, allowing the > fixmap area to be movable and relocated with the kernel image in the > x86/PIE patchset [0]. This enables the kernel image to be relocated in > the top 512G of the address space. What problems does this patch set solve? How might that solution be visible to end users? Why is this problem important to you? Also, while you're waiting for someone to review _your_ code, have you considered reviewing anyone else's code? I don't think I've seen any review activity from you lately. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization