* [PATCH 1/1] x86/entry: spell EBX register correctly in documentation
@ 2016-07-29 11:39 Nicolas Iooss
2016-08-01 4:47 ` Borislav Petkov
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From: Nicolas Iooss @ 2016-07-29 11:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jiri Kosina; +Cc: linux-kernel, Nicolas Iooss
As EBS does not mean anything reasonable in the context it is used, it
seems like a misspelling for EBX.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@m4x.org>
---
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index b846875aeea6..6f3076302017 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ END(error_entry)
/*
- * On entry, EBS is a "return to kernel mode" flag:
+ * On entry, EBX is a "return to kernel mode" flag:
* 1: already in kernel mode, don't need SWAPGS
* 0: user gsbase is loaded, we need SWAPGS and standard preparation for return to usermode
*/
--
2.9.0
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* Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86/entry: spell EBX register correctly in documentation
2016-07-29 11:39 [PATCH 1/1] x86/entry: spell EBX register correctly in documentation Nicolas Iooss
@ 2016-08-01 4:47 ` Borislav Petkov
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Borislav Petkov @ 2016-08-01 4:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nicolas Iooss; +Cc: Jiri Kosina, linux-kernel
On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 01:39:51PM +0200, Nicolas Iooss wrote:
> As EBS does not mean anything reasonable in the context it is used, it
> seems like a misspelling for EBX.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@m4x.org>
> ---
> arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> index b846875aeea6..6f3076302017 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> @@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ END(error_entry)
>
>
> /*
> - * On entry, EBS is a "return to kernel mode" flag:
> + * On entry, EBX is a "return to kernel mode" flag:
> * 1: already in kernel mode, don't need SWAPGS
> * 0: user gsbase is loaded, we need SWAPGS and standard preparation for return to usermode
> */
> --
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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