linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/boot: Correct setup_header.start

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Message-Id: <20170221183639.16554-1-bp@alien8.de>
Date:   Tue, 21 Feb 2017 19:36:39 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/boot: Correct setup_header.start_sys name

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

It is called start_sys_seg elsewhere so rename it to that. It is an
obsolete field so we could just as well directly call it __u16 __pad...

No functionality change.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
---
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
index 5138dacf8bb8..07244ea16765 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct setup_header {
 	__u32	header;
 	__u16	version;
 	__u32	realmode_swtch;
-	__u16	start_sys;
+	__u16	start_sys_seg;
 	__u16	kernel_version;
 	__u8	type_of_loader;
 	__u8	loadflags;
-- 
2.11.0