Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:49:41 +0000 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386 double fault enhancements |
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On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 12:42:08PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: > >Can't we use CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT throughout? It's very much clearer. > > We could, when not considering broader use. I specifically introduced N_EXCEPTION_TSS > so that it wouldn't be as hard as it currently is to have other exceptions got through task > gates (nlkd's fault/trap/abort infrastructure does, for example).
So please keep this in your out of tree patch. In mainline it's just needlessly obsfucating the code.
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