linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 21/21] x86/entry: Clean up the SYSENTER

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Date:   Fri, 1 Dec 2017 18:59:49 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/21] x86/entry: Clean up the SYSENTER_stack code

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:45:29AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
> index 81fdc405ab1f..5a1013df456e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
> @@ -237,5 +237,10 @@ static inline struct cpu_entry_area *get_cpu_entry_area(int cpu)
>  	return (struct cpu_entry_area *)__fix_to_virt(__get_cpu_entry_area_page_index(cpu, 0));
>  }
>  
> +static inline struct SYSENTER_stack *cpu_SYSENTER_stack(int cpu)
> +{
> +	return &get_cpu_entry_area((cpu))->tss.SYSENTER_stack;
				^^^^^^^^^
Those inner brackets are not needed, right?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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