Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]> writes: > 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." >
Seems dangerous. It wouldn't surprise me if some CPUs or x86 emulations load it anyways and trigger page faults if there is really nothing there. -Andi
