x86: introduce gate_desc type.
To account for the differences in gate descriptor in i386 and x86_64
a gate_desc type is introduced.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/desc_defs.h b/include/asm-x86/desc_defs.h
index de47eb0..9732285 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/desc_defs.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/desc_defs.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
};
// 16byte gate
-struct gate_struct {
+struct gate_struct64 {
u16 offset_low;
u16 segment;
unsigned ist : 3, zero0 : 5, type : 5, dpl : 2, p : 1;
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@
u32 zero1;
} __attribute__((packed));
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+typedef struct gate_struct64 gate_desc;
+#else
+typedef struct desc_struct gate_desc;
+#endif
+
struct desc_ptr {
unsigned short size;
unsigned long address;
