[PATCH] Boottime allocated GDTs and doublefault handler

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

GDTs on SMP tend to be above the current ptr_ok limits since they are 
boottime allocated. How does the following new arbitrary limit look?

Signed-off-by: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Index: linux-2.6.10-rc3-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/doublefault.c
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RCS file: /home/cvsroot/linux-2.6.10-rc3-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/doublefault.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 doublefault.c
--- linux-2.6.10-rc3-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/doublefault.c	13 Dec 2004 14:26:45 -0000	1.1.1.1
+++ linux-2.6.10-rc3-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/doublefault.c	20 Dec 2004 00:21:31 -0000
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 static unsigned long doublefault_stack[DOUBLEFAULT_STACKSIZE];
 #define STACK_START (unsigned long)(doublefault_stack+DOUBLEFAULT_STACKSIZE)
 
-#define ptr_ok(x) ((x) > PAGE_OFFSET && (x) < PAGE_OFFSET + 0x1000000)
+#define ptr_ok(x) ((x) > PAGE_OFFSET && (x) < PAGE_OFFSET + 0x2000000)
 
 static void doublefault_fn(void)
 {
-
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