Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/4] x86/wakeup/sleep: Check whether the TSS GDT descriptor is empty before using it.

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/18/2012 07:47 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > Why is this patch necessary?  Presumably there is something further
> > down the line which depends on the TSS descriptor being empty, but
> > if so, what?
> I could not find it. This write has been in the code since the initial
> git history. Is the pre-git bitkeeper tree somewhere available?
I didn't ask why the write was necessary, but why you need it to be 
conditional.
I know why the write is necessary: it is (presumably) there to clear the 
TSS busy bit.
However, as for older records:

-bk era history (2.5.0-2.6.12-rc2):
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git

Ancient history (pre-2.4.0):
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/history.git

There doesn't seem to be any git trees known for the bridge between 
2.4.0 and 2.5.0.
        -hpa

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