[PATCH] Fix asm-i386/desc.h:pack_descriptor()

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

Fix pack_descriptor:
1. flags are bits 20-23 in the high word
2. limit's 4 msb are bits 16-19 in the high word

These haven't mattered so far, because all users have had small limits
and a flags setting of 0.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

===================================================================
--- a/include/asm-i386/desc.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/desc.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static inline void pack_descriptor(__u32
{
	*a = ((base & 0xffff) << 16) | (limit & 0xffff);
	*b = (base & 0xff000000) | ((base & 0xff0000) >> 16) |
-	     ((type & 0xff) << 8) | ((flags & 0xf) << 12);
+		(limit & 0x000f0000) | ((type & 0xff) << 8) | ((flags & 0xf) << 20);
}

static inline void pack_gate(__u32 *a, __u32 *b,


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