Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Apr 2006 10:09:07 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kexec: typo in machine_kexec() |
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On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:49:40 -0600 Eric W. Biederman wrote:
one typo (below):
> How does this look for making that comment readable? > > Eric > > > diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c > index f73d737..7a344b6 100644 > --- a/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c > +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c > @@ -189,14 +189,11 @@ NORET_TYPE void machine_kexec(struct kim > memcpy((void *)reboot_code_buffer, relocate_new_kernel, > relocate_new_kernel_size); > > - /* The segment registers are funny things, they are > - * automatically loaded from a table, in memory wherever you > - * set them to a specific selector, but this table is never > - * accessed again you set the segment to a different selector. > - * > - * The more common model is are caches where the behide > - * the scenes work is done, but is also dropped at arbitrary > - * times. > + /* The segment registers are funny things, they have both a > + * visible and an invisible part. Whenver the visible part is * Whenever > + * set to a specific selector, the invisible part is loaded > + * with from a table in memory. At no other time is the > + * descriptor table in memory accessed. > * > * I take advantage of this here by force loading the > * segments, before I zap the gdt with an invalid value.
Much better, thanks.
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