[PATCH 1/5] x86: get_desc_base

[Roland McGrath]

This defines the get_desc_base function in asm-x86/desc_64.h to match the
one in desc_32.h.  If these two files ever get merged together, this
function could be the same in both.

Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/include/asm-x86/desc_64.h b/include/asm-x86/desc_64.h
index 7d9c938..70bd72f 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/desc_64.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/desc_64.h
@@ -199,6 +199,16 @@ static inline void load_LDT(mm_context_t *pc)
 
 extern struct desc_ptr idt_descr;
 
+static inline unsigned long get_desc_base(const void *ptr)
+{
+	const u32 *desc = ptr;
+	unsigned long base;
+	base = ((desc[0] >> 16)  & 0x0000ffff) |
+		((desc[1] << 16) & 0x00ff0000) |
+		(desc[1] & 0xff000000);
+	return base;
+}
+
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif
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