x86/boot/64: Load the final kernel GDT during early boot directly, remove startup_gdt[]

Browse source

Instead of loading a duplicate GDT just for early boot, load the kernel
GDT from its physical address.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240226220544.70769-1-brgerst@gmail.com

...

This commit is contained in:

Brian Gerst 2024-02-26 17:05:44 -05:00 • committed by Ingo Molnar

parent 533568e06b

commit 11e36b0f7c

2 changed files with 3 additions and 11 deletions

Show all changes Ignore whitespace when comparing lines Ignore changes in amount of whitespace Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL

Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

1

arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h

View file

13

arch/x86/kernel/head64.c

View file