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SubjectRe: [PATCH v7 06/27] x86, 64bit: early #PF handler set page table
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On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 4:16 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> On 12/20/2012 08:56 AM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> So in that case, kgdb is broken and will need to be fixed up. That
>>> happens all the time with debugging tools.
>>
>>
>> If there is a way that we can make all parties happy, we really should
>> not break KGDB.
>>
>> Please reconsider to stop #PF handler in x86_64_start_kernel. in that case
>> 1. microcode update still can use #PF handler to find microcode in
>> ramdisk and use it.
>> 2. kernel that is loaded above 4G, could set mapping in C instead of
>> set that in head_64.S
>> and use ioremap to access zero_page
>> 3. KGDB still can call early_trap_init early before init_mem_mapping.
>>
>
> Yinghai, this is total and utter bullshit.
>
> We should *fix* kgdb, not pave around it. I refuse to have kgdb be yet
> another Xen turning random kernel internals into ABIs.

well, I updated for-x86-boot-v7 that stop #PF handler after init_mem_mapping.

it has fix for AMD system aka reverting far jmp to ret.

Yinghai


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