Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 May 2011 10:03:20 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, asm: Clean up desc.h a bit |
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On 05/27/2011 01:39 AM, tip-bot for Ingo Molnar wrote: > Commit-ID: 9a3865b185e77d1a4ca2d8356e37c19b78168961 > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/9a3865b185e77d1a4ca2d8356e37c19b78168961 > Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > AuthorDate: Fri, 27 May 2011 09:29:32 +0200 > Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > CommitDate: Fri, 27 May 2011 09:30:50 +0200 > > x86, asm: Clean up desc.h a bit > > I have looked at this file and found it rather ugly - improve > readability a bit. No change in functionality. >
It sure is, but let me also register for the record that I hate the bloody bitfield. A lot of what the bitfield does is completely pointless (breaking down the type field, which really is nothing other than a magic constant as far as the kernel is anyway) and generates insanely bad code.
I honestly think if we used macros like GDT_ENTRY() and perhaps a few variants we would make the code simpler.
-hpa
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