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Release 4.14 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/ldt.h

/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
/*
 * ldt.h
 *
 * Definitions of structures used with the modify_ldt system call.
 */
#ifndef _ASM_X86_LDT_H

#define _ASM_X86_LDT_H

/* Maximum number of LDT entries supported. */

#define LDT_ENTRIES	8192
/* The size of each LDT entry. */

#define LDT_ENTRY_SIZE	8

#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
/*
 * Note on 64bit base and limit is ignored and you cannot set DS/ES/CS
 * not to the default values if you still want to do syscalls. This
 * call is more for 32bit mode therefore.
 */

struct user_desc {
	
unsigned int  entry_number;
	
unsigned int  base_addr;
	
unsigned int  limit;
	
unsigned int  seg_32bit:1;
	
unsigned int  contents:2;
	
unsigned int  read_exec_only:1;
	
unsigned int  limit_in_pages:1;
	
unsigned int  seg_not_present:1;
	
unsigned int  useable:1;
#ifdef __x86_64__
	/*
         * Because this bit is not present in 32-bit user code, user
         * programs can pass uninitialized values here.  Therefore, in
         * any context in which a user_desc comes from a 32-bit program,
         * the kernel must act as though lm == 0, regardless of the
         * actual value.
         */
	
unsigned int  lm:1;
#endif
};


#define MODIFY_LDT_CONTENTS_DATA	0

#define MODIFY_LDT_CONTENTS_STACK	1

#define MODIFY_LDT_CONTENTS_CODE	2

#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
#endif /* _ASM_X86_LDT_H */

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