Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] x86/hvm/viridian: zero and check vcpu context __pad field

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 30.03.16 at 13:34, <paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/mm.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm.c
> @@ -589,7 +589,8 @@ static inline void guest_get_eff_kern_l1e(struct vcpu *v, 
> unsigned long addr,
>      TOGGLE_MODE();
>  }
>  
> -static const char __section(".bss.page_aligned.const") zero_page[PAGE_SIZE];
> +static const char __section(".bss.page_aligned.const") 
> __zero_page[PAGE_SIZE];
> +const char *zero_page = __zero_page;

Mind explaining why simply dropping the "static" doesn't do what we
want?

Jan


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