Re: [PATCH v8 17/17] Documentation/x86/64: Add documentation for GS/FS addressing mode

From: Bae, Chang Seok
Date: Fri Sep 27 2019 - 17:50:17 EST


> On Sep 27, 2019, at 14:25, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Some doc comments/fixes below...
>
> On 9/12/19 1:06 PM, Chang S. Bae wrote:
>> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>

[snip]

>> +There exist two mechanisms to read and write the FS/FS base address:
>
> FS/GS

[snip]

>> + The arch_prctl(2) based mechanism is available on all 64bit CPUs and all
>
> 64-bit

[snip]

>> + mov %reg, %gs:offset
>> \ No newline at end of file
> oops.

Thanks. Let me include this in my v9 submission.

Chang