[GIT PULL] x86/urgent for v6.8-rc5

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Sun Feb 18 2024 - 05:46:49 EST


Hi Linus,

please pull a single urgent x86 fix for v6.8-rc5.

Thx.

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The following changes since commit f6a1892585cd19e63c4ef2334e26cd536d5b678d:

x86/Kconfig: Transmeta Crusoe is CPU family 5, not 6 (2024-02-09 16:28:19 +0100)

are available in the Git repository at:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git tags/x86_urgent_for_v6.8_rc5

for you to fetch changes up to d794734c9bbfe22f86686dc2909c25f5ffe1a572:

x86/mm/ident_map: Use gbpages only where full GB page should be mapped. (2024-02-12 14:53:42 -0800)

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- Use a GB page for identity mapping only when memory of this size is
requested so that mapping of reserved regions is prevented which would
otherwise lead to system crashes on UV machines

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Steve Wahl (1):
x86/mm/ident_map: Use gbpages only where full GB page should be mapped.

arch/x86/mm/ident_map.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)


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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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