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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:24:42 -0800
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, 
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	Chen Yucong <slaoub@...il.com>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, 
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	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] x86/mm: Adapt MODULES_END based on Fixmap section size

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 8:41 AM, Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com> 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 <thgarnie@...gle.com>

Looks good to me.

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