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Message-Id: <200711202151.58310.ak@suse.de>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:51:58 +0100
From: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
travis@....com, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [rfc 08/45] cpu alloc: x86 support
> This limitation shouldn't apply to the percpu area, since gs_base can be
> pointed anywhere in the address space -- in effect we're always indirect.
The initial reference copy of the percpu area has to be addressed by
the linker.
Hmm, in theory since it is not actually used by itself I suppose you could
move it into positive space.
-Andi
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