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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 27/75] x86/idt: Move IDT to data segment
    On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 02:08:29PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
    > From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
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    > With SEV-ES, exception handling is needed very early, even before the
    > kernel has cleared the bss segment. In order to prevent clearing the
    > currently used IDT, move the IDT to the data segment.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>

    Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

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    Kees Cook

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