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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h index cc5d98bdca37..94fc4fa14127 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h @@ -56,9 +56,14 @@ struct cpu_entry_area { char gdt[PAGE_SIZE]; /* - * The GDT is just below cpu_tss and thus serves (on x86_64) as a - * a read-only guard page for the SYSENTER stack at the bottom - * of the TSS region. + * The GDT is just below SYSENTER_stack and thus serves (on x86_64) as + * a a read-only guard page. + */ + struct SYSENTER_stack_page SYSENTER_stack_page; + + /* + * On x86_64, the TSS is mapped RO. On x86_32, it's mapped RW because + * we need task switches to work, and task switches write to the TSS. */ struct tss_struct tss; @@ -247,7 +252,7 @@ static inline struct cpu_entry_area *get_cpu_entry_area(int cpu) static inline struct SYSENTER_stack *cpu_SYSENTER_stack(int cpu) { - return &get_cpu_entry_area(cpu)->tss.SYSENTER_stack; + return &get_cpu_entry_area(cpu)->SYSENTER_stack_page.stack; } #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */ |