Re: [PATCH] change init_gdt to update the gdt via write_gdt,rather than a direct write.

[Ingo Molnar]

* Alex Nixon <alex.nixon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Alex Nixon <alex.nixon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:21:56 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] change init_gdt to update the gdt via write_gdt, rather than a direct write.
> 
> By writing directly, a memory access violation can occur whilst 
> hotplugging a CPU if the entry was previously marked read-only.

applied to tip/x86/urgent - thanks Alex.

	Ingo
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