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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/idt.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/idt.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c index 4b99f7bec384..5ef82fcf333d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c @@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ static bool idt_setup_done __initdata; static const __initconst struct idt_data early_idts[] = { INTG(X86_TRAP_DB, asm_exc_debug), SYSG(X86_TRAP_BP, asm_exc_int3), + #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 + /* + * Not possible on 64-bit. See idt_setup_early_pf() for details. + */ INTG(X86_TRAP_PF, asm_exc_page_fault), #endif }; @@ -256,8 +260,10 @@ void __init idt_setup_traps(void) * cpu_init() is invoked and sets up TSS. The IST variant is installed * after that. * - * FIXME: Why is 32bit and 64bit installing the PF handler at different - * places in the early setup code? + * Note, that X86_64 cannot install the real #PF handler in + * idt_setup_early_traps() because the memory intialization needs the #PF + * handler from the early_idt_handler_array to initialize the early page + * tables. */ void __init idt_setup_early_pf(void) { |