x86: use descriptor's functions instead of inline assembly
This patch provides a new set of functions for managing the descriptor
tables that can be used instead of putting the raw assembly in .c files.
Remodeling of store_tr() suggested by Frederik Deweerdt.
[ tglx: arch/x86 adaptation ]
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index a7eee0a..6b34693 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
for (i = 0; i < IDT_ENTRIES; i++)
set_intr_gate(i, early_idt_handler);
- asm volatile("lidt %0" :: "m" (idt_descr));
+ load_idt((const struct desc_ptr *)&idt_descr);
early_printk("Kernel alive\n");