On 03/14/2017 01:05 PM, Thomas Garnier wrote:
This patch aligns MODULES_END to the beginning of the Fixmap section.
It optimizes the space available for both sections. The address is
pre-computed based on the number of pages required by the Fixmap
section.
It will allow GDT remapping in the Fixmap section. The current
MODULES_END static address does not provide enough space for the kernel
to support a large number of processors.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <redacted>
For Xen bits (and to some extent bare-metal):
Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Boris Ostrovsky [off-list ref]
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