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x86: use __KERNEL_DS as SS when returning to a kernel thread
authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:19:25 +0000 (00:19 -0400)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:11:12 +0000 (13:11 +0200)
commite04e0a630d8b5c621b3a8e70ff20db737d3a5728
tree77ba90fcd186fa4fe5f8a8f488961301b13c20b7
parent478de5a9d691dd0c048ddce62dbec23722515636
x86: use __KERNEL_DS as SS when returning to a kernel thread

This is needed when the kernel is running on RING3, such as under Xen.
x86_64 has a weird feature that makes it #GP on iret when SS is a null
descriptor.

This need to be tested on bare metal to make sure it doesn't cause any
problems. AMD specs say SS is always ignored (except on iret?).

Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
Cc: Stephen Tweedie <sct@redhat.com>
Cc: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Cc: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S