Andi Kleen wrote:
This limitation shouldn't apply to the percpu area, since gs_base can be
pointed anywhere in the address space -- in effect we're always indirect.
The initial reference copy of the percpu area has to be addressed by
the linker.
Hmm, in theory since it is not actually used by itself I suppose you could
move it into positive space.
Positive space for absolute references, or just below -2 GB for %rip
references; either should work.
-hpa
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