Re: [PATCH] x86: Construct 32 bit boot time page tables in nativeformat.

[H. Peter Anvin]

Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, 28 of January 2008, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> > Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > Actually, no.  We only do that with the kernel code mapping which should be
> > > safe as long as TLBs are not flushed (and they aren't).
> > >   
> > Er, what?  Assuming the TLB will retain some mappings while you 
> > overwrite the pagetable is a highly dubious prospect.  Are you copying 
> > the same values over, or something else?
>
> As long as a relocatable kernel is not used to restore a non-relocatable one
> (or vice versa), we're copying the same values over.

So that case is deliberately considered broken?

	-hpa
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