3 files changed, 20 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/desc_defs.h b/include/asm-x86/desc_defs.h
index 08900407009..de47eb0a23a 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/desc_defs.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/desc_defs.h
@@ -11,17 +11,26 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+/*
+ * FIXME: Acessing the desc_struct through its fields is more elegant,
+ * and should be the one valid thing to do. However, a lot of open code
+ * still touches the a and b acessors, and doing this allow us to do it
+ * incrementally. We keep the signature as a struct, rather than an union,
+ * so we can get rid of it transparently in the future -- glommer
+ */
 // 8 byte segment descriptor
 struct desc_struct {
-	u16 limit0;
-	u16 base0;
-	unsigned base1 : 8, type : 4, s : 1, dpl : 2, p : 1;
-	unsigned limit : 4, avl : 1, l : 1, d : 1, g : 1, base2 : 8;
-} __attribute__((packed));
+	union {
+		struct { unsigned int a, b; };
+		struct {
+			u16 limit0;
+			u16 base0;
+			unsigned base1: 8, type: 4, s: 1, dpl: 2, p: 1;
+			unsigned limit: 4, avl: 1, l: 1, d: 1, g: 1, base2: 8;
+		};
 
-struct n_desc_struct {
-	unsigned int a,b;
-};
+	};
+} __attribute__((packed));
 
 enum {
 	GATE_INTERRUPT = 0xE,
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/lguest.h b/include/asm-x86/lguest.h
index ccd33846081..17c908c0ef1 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/lguest.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/lguest.h
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ static inline void lguest_set_ts(void)
 }
 
 /* Full 4G segment descriptors, suitable for CS and DS. */
-#define FULL_EXEC_SEGMENT ((struct desc_struct){0x0000ffff, 0x00cf9b00})
-#define FULL_SEGMENT ((struct desc_struct){0x0000ffff, 0x00cf9300})
+#define FULL_EXEC_SEGMENT ((struct desc_struct){ { {0x0000ffff, 0x00cf9b00} } })
+#define FULL_SEGMENT ((struct desc_struct){ { {0x0000ffff, 0x00cf9300} } })
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/processor_32.h b/include/asm-x86/processor_32.h
index 9c0ab7f26bd..bc48ad64de4 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/processor_32.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/processor_32.h
@@ -20,14 +20,11 @@
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <asm/processor-flags.h>
+#include <asm/desc_defs.h>
 
 /* flag for disabling the tsc */
 extern int tsc_disable;
 
-struct desc_struct {
-	unsigned long a,b;
-};
-
 static inline int desc_empty(const void *ptr)
 {
 	const u32 *desc = ptr;