On Fri, Aug 05, 2016 at 12:13:04PM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote: > On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 6:22 PM, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com> wrote: > > This zeroed word has no apparent purpose, so remove it. > > > > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com> > > --- > > arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 1 - > > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S > > index 8822c20..ac6e27e 100644 > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S > > @@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ ENDPROC(start_cpu0) > > .quad INIT_PER_CPU_VAR(irq_stack_union) > > GLOBAL(initial_stack) > > .quad init_thread_union+THREAD_SIZE-8 > > - .word 0 > > __FINITDATA > > > > bad_address: > > > FYI the word used to be the SS segment selector for the LSS > instruction, which isn't needed in 64-bit mode.
Thanks. I'll add that info to the patch header. -- Josh
