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| author | Lans Zhang | 2013-03-01 02:20:39 +0100 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin | 2013-03-01 19:18:33 +0100 |
| commit | 2dead15fb8f6522b96c913603b5ad0b5c7d01f49 (patch) | |
| tree | eaefab90bf50b16bf8c6a62d7168d48c7a9a3130 /arch/x86/boot | |
| parent | Merge tag 'writeback-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/... (diff) | |
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x86_64: Use __BOOT_DS instead_of __KERNEL_DS for safety
In startup_32, the running code still uses the initial GDT
located in setup. Thus, __BOOT_DS is preferred. Currently
__KERNEL_DS is lucky to equal to __BOOT_DS, but this is
not always a safe way.
Signed-off-by: Lans Zhang <lans.zhang2008@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/51300267.6000008@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/boot')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S index c1d383d1fb7e..16f24e6dad79 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ ENTRY(startup_32) jnz 1f cli - movl $(__KERNEL_DS), %eax + movl $(__BOOT_DS), %eax movl %eax, %ds movl %eax, %es movl %eax, %ss |