linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen/PVH: Remove reserved entry in PVH GDT

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Date:   Tue, 1 May 2018 09:00:09 +0100
From:   Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
To:     Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
        <jgross@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/4] xen/PVH: Remove reserved entry in PVH GDT

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 12:23:39PM -0400, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> And without it we can't use _BOOT_XX macros any longer so define new ones.

Not being that familiar with Linux internals I'm not sure I see the
benefit of this. Isn't there a risk that some other code is going to
use the __BOOT_XX defines?

Thanks, Roger.