[PATCH 3/4] x86: add desc_equal() to compare GDT descriptors

From: David Vrabel
Date: Mon Jul 09 2012 - 06:39:33 EST


From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h | 6 ++++++
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
index 8bf1c06..d26f059 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ static inline int desc_empty(const void *ptr)
return !(desc[0] | desc[1]);
}

+static inline bool desc_equal(const struct desc_struct *d1,
+ const struct desc_struct *d2)
+{
+ return d1->a == d2->a && d1->b == d2->b;
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
#include <asm/paravirt.h>
#else
--
1.7.2.5

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