On 11/20/2017 12:22 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Fri, 10 Nov 2017, Dave Hansen wrote: >> __set_fixmap(get_cpu_gdt_ro_index(cpu), get_cpu_gdt_paddr(cpu), prot); >> + >> + /* CPU 0's mapping is done in kaiser_init() */ >> + if (cpu) { >> + int ret; >> + >> + ret = kaiser_add_mapping((unsigned long) get_cpu_gdt_ro(cpu), >> + PAGE_SIZE, __PAGE_KERNEL_RO); >> + /* >> + * We do not have a good way to fail CPU bringup. >> + * Just WARN about it and hope we boot far enough >> + * to get a good log out. >> + */ > > The GDT fixmap can be set up before the CPU is started. There is no reason > to do that in cpu_init(). Do you mean the __set_fixmap(), or my call to kaiser_add_mapping()? Where would you suggest we move it? Here seems kinda nice because it's right next to where the get_cpu_gdt_ro() mapping is created. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>