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| author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2020-05-28 17:53:19 +0300 |
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| committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2020-06-11 16:15:26 +0300 |
| commit | 00229a54300108502f68c8777faca2d13f805f1a (patch) | |
| tree | 5b676d21a17bbcc73c337fca26bb5c9cd50d28a7 /arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | |
| parent | 5a2bafca1b0675a126143eea3610143130347783 (diff) | |
| download | linux-00229a54300108502f68c8777faca2d13f805f1a.tar.xz | |
x86/idt: Cleanup trap_init()
No point in having all the IDT cruft in trap_init(). Move it into the IDT
code and fixup the comments.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200528145522.992376498@linutronix.de
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/traps.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c index 79af913e78a3..5566fe50ef98 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c @@ -1056,15 +1056,6 @@ void __init trap_init(void) idt_setup_traps(); /* - * Set the IDT descriptor to a fixed read-only location, so that the - * "sidt" instruction will not leak the location of the kernel, and - * to defend the IDT against arbitrary memory write vulnerabilities. - * It will be reloaded in cpu_init() */ - cea_set_pte(CPU_ENTRY_AREA_RO_IDT_VADDR, __pa_symbol(idt_table), - PAGE_KERNEL_RO); - idt_descr.address = CPU_ENTRY_AREA_RO_IDT; - - /* * Should be a barrier for any external CPU state: */ cpu_init(); |