[PATCH] i386 / desc_empty macro is incorrect
Chuck Ebbert noticed that the desc_empty macro is incorrect. Fix it. Thankfully, this is not used as a security check, but it can falsely overwrite TLS segments with carefully chosen base / limits. I do not believe this is an issue in practice, but it is a kernel bug. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org> [ x86-64 had the same problem, and the same fix. Linus ] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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