Re: [PATCH 3/8] x86/mm: Define virtual memory map for 5-level paging

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On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 03:21:39PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 03/27/17 09:29, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > +fffe000000000000 - fffe007fffffffff (=39 bits) %esp fixup stacks
> 
> Why move this?

You're right. There's no reason to.

It's accident due to ESPFIX_BASE_ADDR being defined using PGDIR_SHIFT.
We should use P4D_SHIFT instead to produce consistent result across
paging modes.

I'll update the patch tomorrow. Thanks for noticing this.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov



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