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Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:25:19 +0200
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On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 03:50:57PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> =

> > this would need a "const after boot" section; which is really not hard
> > to make and probably useful for a lot more things.... todo++
> =

> except for anything that needs tlb entries in user space. And it only giv=
es you
> false sense of security. --todo

What's the alternative?

Change it from a struct to a compile time choice?
This should address both the security concerns and your tlb issues at =

the price of runtime flexibility.

> -Andi

cu
Adrian

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