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authorRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2007-07-26 10:41:02 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-07-26 11:35:16 -0700
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lguest: documentation I: Preparation
The netfilter code had very good documentation: the Netfilter Hacking HOWTO. Noone ever read it. So this time I'm trying something different, using a bit of Knuthiness. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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+/*P:600 The x86 architecture has segments, which involve a table of descriptors
+ * which can be used to do funky things with virtual address interpretation.
+ * We originally used to use segments so the Guest couldn't alter the
+ * Guest<->Host Switcher, and then we had to trim Guest segments, and restore
+ * for userspace per-thread segments, but trim again for on userspace->kernel
+ * transitions... This nightmarish creation was contained within this file,
+ * where we knew not to tread without heavy armament and a change of underwear.
+ *
+ * In these modern times, the segment handling code consists of simple sanity
+ * checks, and the worst you'll experience reading this code is butterfly-rash
+ * from frolicking through its parklike serenity. :*/
#include "lg.h"
static int desc_ok(const struct desc_struct *gdt)
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