Re: [PATCH 3.12 25/91] x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover whole kernel range

From: Luis Henriques
Date: Wed Jan 06 2016 - 06:25:08 EST


On Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 11:00:31AM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Jan, at 11:47:20AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> >
> > Without testing the problematic scenario explicitly (32-bit UEFI
> > kernel), I think this patch and 26/91 should not be backported to
> > kernels that do not have 23a0d4e8fa6d.
>
> I tend to agree.

I can see these 2 commits in kernels as old as 3.10 (which definitely do
not include 23a0d4e8fa6d). Does this mean these should be reverted from
stable kernels that already include these patches? Or would you rather
recommend to backport 23a0d4e8fa6d?

Cheers,
--
Luís
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