Re: [PATCH v3] x86: use a read-only IDT alias on all CPUs

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Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> This looks very nice to me now. Peter, any objections?

it seems pointless without randomized main kernel text location, because
the IDT will be still at a known per kernel fixed writable location in
the direct mapping.

As long as such randomization is not there it just wastes a TLB entry.

-Andi

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