linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: fix initialization of 'l' bit in ldt descriptors

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Message-ID: <20080728122806.GD5515@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:28:06 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: fix initialization of 'l' bit in ldt descriptors


* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:

> Make sure that fill_ldt() initializes the 'l' bit in the descriptor. 
> It always sets it to 0, ignoring 'lm' in user_desc, preserving 
> original x86_64 behaviour.
>
> Previously it was leaving 'l' uninitialized.

applied to tip/x86/xen. (will propagate it to x86/urgent after a bit of 
testing) Thanks,

	Ingo
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