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Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 00:10:57 +1000 (AEST)
From: Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Cc: thgarnie@...gle.com, keescook@...omium.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [1/2] powerpc: Rename thread_struct.fs to addr_limit
On Mon, 2018-05-14 at 13:03:15 UTC, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> It's called 'fs' for historical reasons, it's named after the x86 'FS'
> register. But we don't have to use that name for the member of
> thread_struct, and in fact arch/x86 doesn't even call it 'fs' anymore.
>
> So rename it to 'addr_limit', which better reflects what it's used
> for, and is also the name used on other arches.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Series applied to powerpc next.
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/ba0635fcbe8c1ce83523c1ec797538
cheers
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