On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 02:05:17PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > Let me do a patch.
--- From: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 14:22:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] x86/asm/entry/64: Use a define for an invalid segment selector ... instead of a naked number, for better readability. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h | 2 ++ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h index d394899e055c..5a9856eb12ba 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ /* ... GDT has it cleared */ #define SEGMENT_GDT 0x0 +#define GDT_ENTRY_INVALID_SEG 0 + #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 /* * The layout of the per-CPU GDT under Linux: diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c index 2c249b57e4b5..a62cf04dac8a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ void syscall_init(void) wrmsrl_safe(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP, (u64)ia32_sysenter_target); #else wrmsrl(MSR_CSTAR, ignore_sysret); - wrmsrl_safe(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS, 0ULL); + wrmsrl_safe(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS, (u64)GDT_ENTRY_INVALID_SEG); wrmsrl_safe(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, 0ULL); wrmsrl_safe(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP, 0ULL); #endif -- 2.3.3 -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply. -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
