Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4 of 4] xen/pagetables: Document pt_base inconsistency when running in COMPAT mode

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 21.08.12 at 22:08, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> # Date 1345579709 14400
> # Node ID b992f8e613a3401b9ddd140ce436c840d412beb7
> # Parent  74bedb086c5b72447262e087c0218b89f8bc9140
> xen/pagetables: Document pt_base inconsistency when running in COMPAT mode.
> 
> c/s 13257 added the COMPAT mode wherein a 64-bit hypervisor can
> run with a 32-bit initial domain. One of the things it added was
> that the pt_base is offset by two pages. This inconsistency
> is only present in the COMPAT mode so lets document it.

Let's first understand whether that's really a bug.

Jan


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