Re: [PATCH] x86/entry/32: Fix setup of CS high bits

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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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