Re: [PATCH v5 33/75] x86/head/64: Switch to initial stack earlier

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On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 06:02:54PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Make sure there is a stack once the kernel runs from virual addresses.
> At this stage any secondary CPU which boots will have lost its stack
> because the kernel switched to a new page-table which does not map the
> real-mode stack anymore.
> 
> This is needed for handling early #VC exceptions caused by instructions
> like CPUID.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
Kees Cook



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