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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/4] x86/wakeup/sleep: Check whether the TSS GDT descriptor is empty before using it.
On 10/18/2012 07:47 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>>
>> Why is this patch necessary? Presumably there is something further
>> down the line which depends on the TSS descriptor being empty, but
>> if so, what?
>
> I could not find it. This write has been in the code since the initial
> git history. Is the pre-git bitkeeper tree somewhere available?

I didn't ask why the write was necessary, but why you need it to be
conditional.

I know why the write is necessary: it is (presumably) there to clear the
TSS busy bit.

However, as for older records:

-bk era history (2.5.0-2.6.12-rc2):
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git

Ancient history (pre-2.4.0):
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/history.git

There doesn't seem to be any git trees known for the bridge between
2.4.0 and 2.5.0.

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.



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