Re: [patch 00/60] x86/kpti: Kernel Page Table Isolation (was KAISER)

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Mon, 4 Dec 2017, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 6:07 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >     Kernel Page Table Isolation, prefix kpti_
> >
> >    Linus, your call :)
> 
> I think you probably chose the right name here. The alternatives sound
> intriguing, but probably not the right thing to do.
> 
> How much of this is considered worth trying to integrate early?

Probably the entry changes, but we need to sort out that fixmap issue first
and that affects the entry changes as well. Give me a day or two and I can
tell you.

> Clearly I'm not taking all of it.

I did not expect that.

Thanks,

	tglx