linux-kernel - Re: [patch V2 25/44] x86: Replace access to desc

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Message-ID: <3050921d-480d-271e-dd2c-16d627f04e7d@oracle.com>
Date:   Fri, 25 Aug 2017 22:16:29 -0400
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [patch V2 25/44] x86: Replace access to desc_struct:a/b fields

On 08/25/2017 05:47 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The union inside of desc_struct which allows access to the raw u32 parts of
> the descriptors. This raw access part is about to go away.
>
> Replace the few code parts which access those fields.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>

Reviewed-by:  Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>