From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org,
qiaowei.ren@intel.com, fenghua.yu@intel.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] x86 mpx: give bndX registers actual names
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:50:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54540412.4000405@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141031212237.30B94E08@viggo.jf.intel.com>
On 10/31/2014 02:22 PM, Dave Hansen wrote:
>
> -struct bndregs_struct {
> - u64 bndregs[8];
> +struct bndreg_struct {
> + u64 lb; /* lower bound */
> + u64 ub; /* upper bound */
> } __packed;
>
> struct bndcsr_struct {
> @@ -394,7 +395,7 @@ struct xsave_struct {
> struct xsave_hdr_struct xsave_hdr;
> struct ymmh_struct ymmh;
> struct lwp_struct lwp;
> - struct bndregs_struct bndregs;
> + struct bndreg_struct bnd[4];
> struct bndcsr_struct bndcsr;
> /* new processor state extensions will go here */
> } __attribute__ ((packed, aligned (64)));
> _
>
How about "struct bndreg"?
-hpa
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2014-10-31 21:22 Dave Hansen
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