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From: Joe Damato
Subject: [PATCH 00/12] x86: Cleanup idt, gdt/ldt/tss structs
Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 - 8:15 pm

Hi -

This is my first submission to the kernel, so (beware!) please let me know if I can make any improvements on these patches.

I attempted to clean up the x86 structs for 32bit cpus that store IDT/LDT/GDT data by removing the fields labeled "a" and "b" in favor of more descriptive field names. I added some macros and went through the kernel cleaning up the various places where "a" and "b" were used.

I tried building my kernel with my .config and then also did a make allyesconfig build to help ensure I found everything that was using the old structure names. I also tried a few grep patterns. Hopefully I got everyone out.


Thanks,
Joe Damato
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[PATCH 00/12] x86: Cleanup idt, gdt/ldt/tss structs , Joe Damato, (Fri Oct 24, 8:15 pm)
[PATCH 01/12] x86: Cleanup x86 descriptors, remove a/b fie ..., Joe Damato, (Fri Oct 24, 8:15 pm)
[PATCH 02/12] x86: Use new gate_struct for gate_desc, Joe Damato, (Fri Oct 24, 8:15 pm)
[PATCH 03/12] x86: Cleanup usage of struct desc_struct, Joe Damato, (Fri Oct 24, 8:15 pm)
[PATCH 04/12] x86: Add macros for gate_desc, Joe Damato, (Fri Oct 24, 8:15 pm)
[PATCH 05/12] x86: Refactor pack_gate for gate_desc, Joe Damato, (Fri Oct 24, 8:15 pm)
[PATCH 06/12] x86: Refactor pack_descriptor, Joe Damato, (Fri Oct 24, 8:15 pm)
[PATCH 07/12] x86: Add a static initializer for IDTs, Joe Damato, (Fri Oct 24, 8:15 pm)
[PATCH 08/12] x86: Use static intializer for IDT entries, Joe Damato, (Fri Oct 24, 8:15 pm)
[PATCH 09/12] x86: Add static initiazlier for descriptors, Joe Damato, (Fri Oct 24, 8:15 pm)
[PATCH 10/12] x86: Use static initializers for descriptors, Joe Damato, (Fri Oct 24, 8:15 pm)
[PATCH 11/12] x86: Use macros for getting/setting descriptors, Joe Damato, (Fri Oct 24, 8:15 pm)
[PATCH 12/12] x86: Use struct fields instead of bitmasks, Joe Damato, (Fri Oct 24, 8:15 pm)
Re: [PATCH 00/12] x86: Cleanup idt, gdt/ldt/tss structs, Willy Tarreau, (Fri Oct 24, 10:40 pm)
Re: [PATCH 00/12] x86: Cleanup idt, gdt/ldt/tss structs, walter harms, (Sat Oct 25, 2:39 am)
Re: [PATCH 00/12] x86: Cleanup idt, gdt/ldt/tss structs, Ingo Molnar, (Mon Oct 27, 3:55 am)
Re: [PATCH 00/12] x86: Cleanup idt, gdt/ldt/tss structs, Ingo Molnar, (Mon Oct 27, 3:57 am)
Re: [PATCH 00/12] x86: Cleanup idt, gdt/ldt/tss structs, H. Peter Anvin, (Mon Oct 27, 7:34 am)
Re: [PATCH 00/12] x86: Cleanup idt, gdt/ldt/tss structs, Joe Damato, (Mon Oct 27, 2:15 pm)
Re: [PATCH 00/12] x86: Cleanup idt, gdt/ldt/tss structs, Jeremy Fitzhardinge, (Mon Oct 27, 4:02 pm)
Re: [PATCH 03/12] x86: Cleanup usage of struct desc_struct, Jeremy Fitzhardinge, (Wed Oct 29, 5:52 am)
Re: [PATCH 02/12] x86: Use new gate_struct for gate_desc, Jeremy Fitzhardinge, (Wed Oct 29, 5:53 am)
Re: [PATCH 04/12] x86: Add macros for gate_desc, Jeremy Fitzhardinge, (Wed Oct 29, 5:54 am)
Re: [PATCH 12/12] x86: Use struct fields instead of bitmasks, Jeremy Fitzhardinge, (Wed Oct 29, 5:56 am)
Re: [PATCH 09/12] x86: Add static initiazlier for descriptors, Jeremy Fitzhardinge, (Wed Oct 29, 5:58 am)