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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] Xen i386 xen-head.S fix sections mixup

To: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] Xen i386 xen-head.S fix sections mixup
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:13:49 -0700
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Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Xen i386 xen-head.S fix sections mixup
>
> xen-head.S does not come back to the data section, leaving the text section
> as current section. It causes problems with a slightly enhanced DEBUG_RODATA
> that supports CONFIG_HOTPLUG and bringing a CPU up after the text has been
> marked read-only: reference to early_gdt_descr causes a page fault.
>   

Thanks.  It should be using pushsection/popsection.

    J

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