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| From | Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | [RFC PATCH] x86/head_64.S: remove redundant check that kernel address is 2M aligned |
| Date | 2016-01-22 19:20 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <qTOtr-7NF-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
We check that the base address of the kernel is 2M aligned in the arch/x86/kernel/head_65.S right after jump to the decompressed kernel. But we already have a check in the decompress_kernel() which validates that kernel location is MIN_KERNEL_ALIGN aligned which is 2M too for x86_64. Signed-off-by: Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmail.com> --- arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S index ffdc0e8..4967cba 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S @@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ startup_64: leaq _text(%rip), %rbp subq $_text - __START_KERNEL_map, %rbp - /* Is the address not 2M aligned? */ - movq %rbp, %rax - andl $~PMD_PAGE_MASK, %eax - testl %eax, %eax - jnz bad_address - /* * Is the address too large? */ -- 2.7.0.25.gfc10eb5
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[RFC PATCH] x86/head_64.S: remove redundant check that kernel address is 2M aligned Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 19:20 +0100
Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/head_64.S: remove redundant check that kernel address is 2M aligned Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 02:50 +0100
Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/head_64.S: remove redundant check that kernel address is 2M aligned Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 07:50 +0100
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