linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] x86/mm/KASLR: Remap GDTs at fixed location

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Message-ID: <bd1d6468-dfe1-8fbc-521b-4fd2e418a3ef@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 5 Jan 2017 10:58:00 -0800
From:   Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
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        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC] x86/mm/KASLR: Remap GDTs at fixed location

On 1/5/2017 9:54 AM, Thomas Garnier wrote:

>
> That's my goal too. I started by doing a RO remap and got couple
> problems with hibernation. I can try again for the next iteration or
> delay it for another patch. I also need to look at KVM GDT usage, I am
> not familiar with it yet.

don't we write to the GDT as part of the TLS segment stuff for glibc ?