From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv6 0/4] x86: 5-level related changes into decompression code<Paste>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 17:18:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180108161805.jrpmkcrwlr2rs4sy@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171218101045.arwbzmbxbhqgreeu@node.shutemov.name>
* Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 04:57:35PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > Here's few changes to x86 decompression code.
> >
> > The first patch is pure cosmetic change: it gives file with KASLR helpers
> > a proper name.
> >
> > The last three patches bring support of booting into 5-level paging mode if
> > a bootloader put the kernel above 4G.
> >
> > Patch 2/4 Renames l5_paging_required() into paging_prepare() and change
> > interface of the function.
> > Patch 3/4 Handles allocation of space for trampoline and gets it prepared.
> > Patch 4/4 Gets trampoline used.
> >
> > Kirill A. Shutemov (4):
> > x86/boot/compressed/64: Rename pagetable.c to kaslr_64.c
> > x86/boot/compressed/64: Introduce paging_prepare()
> > x86/boot/compressed/64: Prepare trampoline memory
> > x86/boot/compressed/64: Handle 5-level paging boot if kernel is above
> > 4G
>
> Ingo, does it look fine now?
Yes, it looks structurally much better now - but we first need to address all
existing regressions before we can move forward.
( Also, the PTI work created a bit of a distraction as well, but x86 patch
integration should should be back to speed soon. )
Thanks,
Ingo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-08 16:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-12 13:57 [PATCHv6 0/4] x86: 5-level related changes into decompression code<Paste> Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-12-12 13:57 ` [PATCHv6 1/4] x86/boot/compressed/64: Rename pagetable.c to kaslr_64.c Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-12-12 13:57 ` [PATCHv6 2/4] x86/boot/compressed/64: Introduce paging_prepare() Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-12-12 13:57 ` [PATCHv6 3/4] x86/boot/compressed/64: Prepare trampoline memory Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-12-12 13:57 ` [PATCHv6 4/4] x86/boot/compressed/64: Handle 5-level paging boot if kernel is above 4G Kirill A. Shutemov
2017-12-18 10:10 ` [PATCHv6 0/4] x86: 5-level related changes into decompression code<Paste> Kirill A. Shutemov
2018-01-08 16:18 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2018-01-12 8:37 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2018-01-12 14:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-12 16:22 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2018-01-16 10:49 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
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