linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86-64: calling clear_bss before set_intr_gate with early_idt

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Message-ID: <m1u00oow1j.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:55:04 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	"Yinghai Lu" <yinghai.lu@....com>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>, "Andi Kleen" <ak@....de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86-64: calling clear_bss before set_intr_gate with early_idt_handler

"Yinghai Lu" <yinghai.lu@....com> writes:

> Please check the patch.
>
> [PATCH] x86_64: clear_bss before set_intr_gate with early_idt_handler
> idt_table is in the .bss section, so clear_bss need to called at first
>
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@....com> 

Acked-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

The only problem I have might be the description would read more
clearly as:
 [PATCH] x86_64: call clear_bss before set_intr_gate with early_idt_handler

 idt_table is in the .bss section, so clear_bss need to called first

Eric
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