Re: [PATCH] kexec: Avoid overwriting the current pgd (x86_64)

Magnus Damm <[email protected]> writes:

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> kexec: Avoid overwriting the current pgd (x86_64)
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> This patch upgrades the x86_64-specific kexec code to avoid overwriting the
> current pgd. Overwriting the current pgd is bad when CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP is used
> to start a secondary kernel that dumps the memory of the previous kernel.

Why is it bad?

-Andi
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