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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
index fc237fd0259a..a94b82e8f156 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
@@ -262,6 +262,19 @@ static inline void native_load_tls(struct thread_struct *t, unsigned int cpu)
(info)->seg_not_present == 1 && \
(info)->useable == 0)
+/* Lots of programs expect an all-zero user_desc to mean "no segment at all". */
+static inline bool LDT_zero(const struct user_desc *info)
+{
+ return (info->base_addr == 0 &&
+ info->limit == 0 &&
+ info->contents == 0 &&
+ info->read_exec_only == 0 &&
+ info->seg_32bit == 0 &&
+ info->limit_in_pages == 0 &&
+ info->seg_not_present == 0 &&
+ info->useable == 0);
+}
+
static inline void clear_LDT(void)
{
set_ldt(NULL, 0);