On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 6:22 PM, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com> wrote: > This zeroed word has no apparent purpose, so remove it. > > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@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 8822c20..ac6e27e 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S > @@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ 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:
FYI the word used to be the SS segment selector for the LSS instruction, which isn't needed in 64-bit mode. -- Brian Gerst
