Hi Josh,

On Tue, Oct 22, 2013, at 3:34, Josh Triplett wrote:
> __set_tss_desc has a complex calculation of the TSS segment limit,
> duplicating the quirky details of the I/O bitmap array length, and
> requiring a complex comment to explain.  Replace that calculation with a
> simpler one based on the offsetof the "stack" field that follows the
> array.
> 
> That then removes the last use of IO_BITMAP_OFFSET, so delete it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <[email protected]>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h      | 11 +----------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h |  3 ++-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
> index b90e5df..17ac92f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
> @@ -177,16 +177,7 @@ static inline void __set_tss_desc(unsigned cpu, unsigned 
> int entry, void *addr)
>       struct desc_struct *d = get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu);
>       tss_desc tss;
>  
> -     /*
> -      * sizeof(unsigned long) coming from an extra "long" at the end
> -      * of the iobitmap. See tss_struct definition in processor.h
> -      *
> -      * -1? seg base+limit should be pointing to the address of the
> -      * last valid byte
> -      */
> -     set_tssldt_descriptor(&tss, (unsigned long)addr, DESC_TSS,
> -                           IO_BITMAP_OFFSET + IO_BITMAP_BYTES +
> -                           sizeof(unsigned long) - 1);
> +     set_tssldt_descriptor(&tss, (unsigned long)addr, DESC_TSS, TSS_LIMIT);
>       write_gdt_entry(d, entry, &tss, DESC_TSS);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h 
> b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> index 987c75e..03d3003 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> @@ -259,9 +259,10 @@ struct x86_hw_tss {
>  #define IO_BITMAP_BITS                       65536
>  #define IO_BITMAP_BYTES                      (IO_BITMAP_BITS/8)
>  #define IO_BITMAP_LONGS                      (IO_BITMAP_BYTES/sizeof(long))
> -#define IO_BITMAP_OFFSET             offsetof(struct tss_struct, io_bitmap)
>  #define INVALID_IO_BITMAP_OFFSET     0x8000
>  
> +#define TSS_LIMIT    (offsetof(struct tss_struct, stack) - 1)
> +

I wonder if the 'stack' in tss_struct has any meaning anymore. Can it be 
removed?
If so, the offsetof can be changed to sizeof(struct tss_struct), which looks 
more
natural to me.

Even so, I think this is already an improvement.

Acked-by: Alexander van Heukelum <[email protected]>

>  struct tss_struct {
>       /*
>        * The hardware state:
> -- 
> 1.8.4.rc3
> 
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