Re: [RFC] x86/cpu_entry_area: move part of it back to fixmap

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Thu Oct 04 2018 - 03:46:15 EST


On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 09:59:48PM -0700, Nadav Amit wrote:
> This patch proposes to do something different: break
> it into two. One part holds code+data that is needed for the entry
> (trampoline code, entry stack and TSS), which is mapped in the fixmap.

> The other part holds the exception_stacks, debug store and buffers, and
> is left in its current (new) position.

> The name
> "cpu_entry_area_aux" for the second area is awful (ideas are welcomed),

How about: cpu_data_area ? Since none of that is required for the entry,
that should also not be part of its name.