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

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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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[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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