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| From | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | [PATCH v4 13/57] x86/head: remove useless zeroed word |
| Date | 2016-08-18 15:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <s7voL-ho-65@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <s7vf3-dJ-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
This zeroed word has no apparent purpose, so remove it. Brian Gerst says: "FYI the word used to be the SS segment selector for the LSS instruction, which isn't needed in 64-bit mode." Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> --- arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S index a212310..3621ad2 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S @@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ ENDPROC(start_cpu0) .quad INIT_PER_CPU_VAR(irq_stack_union) GLOBAL(initial_stack) .quad init_thread_union+THREAD_SIZE-8 - .word 0 __FINITDATA bad_address: -- 2.7.4
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[PATCH v4 13/57] x86/head: remove useless zeroed word Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2016-08-18 15:20 +0200
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