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In Linux 2.6, the 'modify_ldt_ldt_s' structure was renamed 'user_desc'.
Include definition of 'user_desc' structure. Minor rewordings.
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modifies one ldt entry.
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.I ptr
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points to a
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.I modify_ldt_ldt_s
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structure and
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.I user_desc
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structure
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and
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.I bytecount
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must equal the size of this structure.
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.\"
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.\" FIXME, say something about func == 2 ans func == 0x11?
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.\" In Linux 2.4, func == 2 returned "the default ldt"
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.\" In Linux 2.6, func == 2 is a nop, returning a zeroed out structure.
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.\" Linux 2.4 and 2.6 implement an operation for func == 0x11
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The
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.I user_desc
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structure is defined in <asm/ldt.h> as:
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.in +0.25i
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.nf
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struct user_desc {
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unsigned int entry_number;
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unsigned long base_addr;
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unsigned int limit;
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unsigned int seg_32bit:1;
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unsigned int contents:2;
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unsigned int read_exec_only:1;
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unsigned int limit_in_pages:1;
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unsigned int seg_not_present:1;
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unsigned int useable:1;
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};
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.fi
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.in
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.PP
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In Linux 2.4 and earlier, this structure was named
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.IR modify_ldt_ldt_s .
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.\" .PP
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.\" The ldt is specific for the calling process. Any attempts to change
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.\" the ldt to include the address space of another process or the kernel
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On failure,
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.BR modify_ldt ()
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returns \-1 and sets
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.IR errno .
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.IR errno
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to indicate the error.
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.SH ERRORS
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.TP
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.B EFAULT
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