Re: [PATCH v7 1/3] x86/mm: Adapt MODULES_END based on Fixmap section size

2017-03-16 Thread Ingo Molnar
* 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 sectio

Re: [PATCH v7 1/3] x86/mm: Adapt MODULES_END based on Fixmap section size

2017-03-15 Thread Boris Ostrovsky
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

[PATCH v7 1/3] x86/mm: Adapt MODULES_END based on Fixmap section size

2017-03-14 Thread Thomas Garnier
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 addre