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DateFri, 20 Jul 2007 16:23:19 +0200
FromFrederik Deweerdt <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] Use descriptor's functions instead of inline assembly
On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 10:56:01AM -0300, Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote:
> This patch provides a new set of functions for managing the descriptor
> tables that can be used instead of putting the raw assembly in .c files.
>
> Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
>
> - asm volatile ("str %0" : "=m" (ctxt->tr));
> + store_gdt((struct desc_ptr *)&ctxt->gdt_limit);
> + store_idt((struct desc_ptr *)&ctxt->idt_limit);
> + ctxt->tr = store_tr();
>
Would'nt a store_tr(&ctxt->tr) be more homogeneous here?

Regards,
Frederik
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