linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 0/3] clean up KPTI / SDEI trampoline data alignment

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Message-ID: <20200320165159.GB7448@mbp>
Date:   Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:54:44 +0000
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@...lab.net>
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 0/3] clean up KPTI / SDEI trampoline data alignment

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:12:56AM +0200, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> 	Hi,
> 
> The KPTI and SDE trampolines each load a pointer from the same fixmap data
> page. This reduces the data alignment to the useful value, and tries to
> clarify the assembler code.
> 
> Changes since v2:
> - Retain alignment even when SDEI is disabled to keep ld happy.

I queued v2. Thanks.

-- 
Catalin