linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/19] unify set_tss

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Message-ID: <20071213124633.GG31699@bingen.suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:46:33 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	glommer@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu,
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	roland@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/19] unify set_tss_desc

> +static inline void pack_tss(tss_desc *tss, unsigned long addr,
> +			   unsigned size, unsigned entry)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> +		set_tssldt_descriptor(tss,
> +			     addr, entry, size);
> +#else
> +		pack_descriptor(tss, (unsigned long)addr,
> +				size,
> +				0x80 | entry, 0);

It would be better if you just unified that first instead of ifdef'ing.
I guess i386 could get a set_tssldt_descriptor() like wrapper
around pack_descriptor(). 

-Andi
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