linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] xen/PVH: Make GDT selectors PVH-specific

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Message-ID: <62d76299-a8a2-7b05-df0b-7d9637e58e0b@suse.com>
Date:   Wed, 23 May 2018 14:58:09 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     JBeulich@...e.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] xen/PVH: Make GDT selectors PVH-specific

On 22/05/18 05:54, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> We don't need to share PVH GDT layout with other GDTs, especially
> since we now have a PVH-speciific entry (for stack canary segment).
> 
> Define PVH's own selectors.
> 
> (As a side effect of this change we are also fixing improper
> reference to __KERNEL_CS)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Juergen