linux-kernel - Re: [crash, bisected] Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0806201045460.15874@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:48:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
cc:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [crash, bisected] Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86_64: Fold pda into per cpu
 area

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:

> So it seems the problem is that the pre-initialized gdt_page is being lost and
> replaced with zero.  Linker script bug?

Is the pre initialized gdt page in the per cpu area? Does not look like 
it. The loader setup for the percpu section changes with zero basing. 
Maybe that has bad side effects?

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