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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [patch 00/60] x86/kpti: Kernel Page Table Isolation (was KAISER)
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On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 6:07 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
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>     Kernel Page Table Isolation, prefix kpti_
>
>    Linus, your call :)

I think you probably chose the right name here. The alternatives sound
intriguing, but probably not the right thing to do.

How much of this is considered worth trying to integrate early?
Clearly I'm not taking all of it.

                    Linus