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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:19:50 +0200
From: 'Joerg Roedel' <joro@...tes.org>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
Cc: "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
"hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
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Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
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Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@...il.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/efi: Restore Firmware IDT in before
ExitBootServices()
On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 09:02:46AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> So allocate and initialise the Linux IDT - so entries can be added.
> But don't execute 'lidt' until later on.
The IDT is needed in this path to handle #VC exceptions caused by CPUID
instructions. So loading the IDT later is not an option.
Regards,
Joerg
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