Linux 4.8 Bringing Intel MPX Enhancements, Work Towards Virtually Mapped Kernel Stacks

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Ingo Molnar sent in his pull requests on Monday for the Linux 4.8 kernel. Among the interesting material this cycle were the x86/mm changes with some notable commits.

The x86 memory management work for Linux 4.8 includes prep work for supporting virtually mapped kernel stacks, a workaround for erratum of Intel’s Knights Landing hardware, Intel MPX (Memory Protection Extensions) enhancements, and other fixes and clean-ups. 

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