Re: [PATCH] x86: fix initialization of 'l' bit in ldt descriptors

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Jul 28 2008 - 08:28:35 EST



* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Make sure that fill_ldt() initializes the 'l' bit in the descriptor.
> It always sets it to 0, ignoring 'lm' in user_desc, preserving
> original x86_64 behaviour.
>
> Previously it was leaving 'l' uninitialized.

applied to tip/x86/xen. (will propagate it to x86/urgent after a bit of
testing) Thanks,

Ingo
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