linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 25/25] [PATCH] add paravirtualization support for x86

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Message-Id: <200708091626.57736.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 9 Aug 2007 16:26:57 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <glommer@...il.com>,
	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, mingo@...e.hu, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
	avi@...ranet.com, anthony@...emonkey.ws,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, lguest@...abs.org,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 25/25] [PATCH] add paravirtualization support for x86_64


> Hm.  So x86-64 doesn't make 64-bit pointers be 64-bit aligned?

The ABI does of course, although the penalty of not doing it on current
CPUs is only minor.

-Andi
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