Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86/entry: spell EBX register correctly in documentation

From	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86/entry: spell EBX register correctly in documentation
Date	2016-08-01 06:50 +0200
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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>

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    Boris.

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[PATCH 1/1] x86/entry: spell EBX register correctly in documentation Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@m4x.org> - 2016-07-29 13:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86/entry: spell EBX register correctly in  documentation Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-08-01 06:50 +0200

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