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Date:   Tue, 29 Aug 2017 04:13:57 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@...or.com>
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Subject: [tip:x86/apic] x86/asm: Replace access to desc_struct:a/b fields

Commit-ID:  9a98e7780022aa7cd201eb8a88a4f1d607b73cde
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/9a98e7780022aa7cd201eb8a88a4f1d607b73cde
Author:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 08:47:40 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:07:25 +0200

x86/asm: Replace access to desc_struct:a/b fields

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>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170828064958.120214366@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h | 6 ++++--
 arch/x86/kernel/tls.c                | 2 +-
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c          | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h
index 11071fc..9606688 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h
@@ -552,6 +552,8 @@ static inline void
 MULTI_update_descriptor(struct multicall_entry *mcl, u64 maddr,
 			struct desc_struct desc)
 {
+	u32 *p = (u32 *) &desc;
+
 	mcl->op = __HYPERVISOR_update_descriptor;
 	if (sizeof(maddr) == sizeof(long)) {
 		mcl->args[0] = maddr;
@@ -559,8 +561,8 @@ MULTI_update_descriptor(struct multicall_entry *mcl, u64 maddr,
 	} else {
 		mcl->args[0] = maddr;
 		mcl->args[1] = maddr >> 32;
-		mcl->args[2] = desc.a;
-		mcl->args[3] = desc.b;
+		mcl->args[2] = *p++;
+		mcl->args[3] = *p;
 	}
 
 	trace_xen_mc_entry(mcl, sizeof(maddr) == sizeof(long) ? 2 : 4);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c
index dcd699b..a106b97 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tls.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void set_tls_desc(struct task_struct *p, int idx,
 
 	while (n-- > 0) {
 		if (LDT_empty(info) || LDT_zero(info)) {
-			desc->a = desc->b = 0;
+			memset(desc, 0, sizeof(*desc));
 		} else {
 			fill_ldt(desc, info);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
index 4c5d72b..03fb07d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ static void __init xen_load_gdt_boot(const struct desc_ptr *dtr)
 static inline bool desc_equal(const struct desc_struct *d1,
 			      const struct desc_struct *d2)
 {
-	return d1->a == d2->a && d1->b == d2->b;
+	return !memcmp(d1, d2, sizeof(*d1));
 }
 
 static void load_TLS_descriptor(struct thread_struct *t,