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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:18:12 +0200
From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/entry/32: Fix setup of CS high bits
On 15.10.18 15:14, David Laight wrote:
> From: Jan Kiszka
>> Sent: 15 October 2018 14:09
> ...
>>> Those fields are genuinely 16 bit. So the comment should say
>>> something like "Those high bits are used for CS_FROM_ENTRY_STACK and
>>> CS_FROM_USER_CR3".
>>
>> /*
>> * The high bits of the CS dword (__csh) are used for
>> * CS_FROM_ENTRY_STACK and CS_FROM_USER_CR3. Clear them in case
>> * hardware didn't do this for us.
>> */
>
> What's a 'dword' ? :-)
>
> On a 32bit processor a 'word' will be 32 bits to a 'double-word'
> would be 64 bits.
> One of the worst names to use.
That's ia32 nomenclature: a doubleword (dword) is a 32-bit value.
Jan
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