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SubjectRe: [RFC 4/7] x86/asm: Fix assumptions that the HW TSS is at the beginning of cpu_tss
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On 11/10/2017 08:05 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> -struct tss_struct doublefault_tss __cacheline_aligned = {
> - .x86_tss = {
> - .sp0 = STACK_START,
> - .ss0 = __KERNEL_DS,
> - .ldt = 0,
...
> +struct x86_hw_tss doublefault_tss __cacheline_aligned = {
> + .sp0 = STACK_START,
> + .ss0 = __KERNEL_DS,
> + .ldt = 0,
> + .io_bitmap_base = INVALID_IO_BITMAP_OFFSET,

FWIW, I really like the trend of renaming the hardware structures in
such a way that it's clear that they *are* hardware structures.

It might also be nice to reference the relevant SDM sections on the
topic, or even to include a comment along the lines of how it get used.
This chunk from the SDM is particularly relevant:

"The TSS holds information important to 64-bit mode and that is not
directly related to the task-switch mechanism."

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