linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 09/13] xen: check for kernel memory conflicting with memory layout

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Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:36:16 +0000
From:	David Vrabel <dvrabel@...tab.net>
To:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
	david.vrabel@...rix.com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 09/13] xen: check for kernel memory conflicting
 with memory layout

On 18/02/2015 06:52, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Checks whether the pre-allocated memory of the loaded kernel is in
> conflict with the target memory map. If this is the case, just panic
> instead of run into problems later.

What ensures this doesn't actually happen?

David
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