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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC PATCH 15/33] move segment checks to subarch
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Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC PATCH 15/33] move segment checks to subarch |
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Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:09:04 +0200 |
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Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>, Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>, virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 00:00 -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> plain text document attachment (i386-segments)
> We allow for the fact that the guest kernel may not run in ring 0.
> This requires some abstraction in a few places when setting %cs or
> checking privilege level (user vs kernel).
> - regs.xcs = __KERNEL_CS;
> + regs.xcs = get_kernel_cs();
Hi,
wouldn't this patch be simpler if __KERNEL_CS just became the macro that
currently is get_kernel_cs() for the XEN case? then code like this
doesn't need changing at all...
Greetings,
Arjan van de Ven
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