diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c
index 4153135..afd8446 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@
 	OFFSET(TI_cpu, thread_info, cpu);
 	BLANK();
 
-	OFFSET(GDS_size, Xgt_desc_struct, size);
-	OFFSET(GDS_address, Xgt_desc_struct, address);
-	OFFSET(GDS_pad, Xgt_desc_struct, pad);
+	OFFSET(GDS_size, desc_ptr, size);
+	OFFSET(GDS_address, desc_ptr, address);
 	BLANK();
 
 	OFFSET(PT_EBX, pt_regs, bx);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 4f9e319..69507ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
  * it's on the real one. */
 void switch_to_new_gdt(void)
 {
-	struct Xgt_desc_struct gdt_descr;
+	struct desc_ptr gdt_descr;
 
 	gdt_descr.address = (long)get_cpu_gdt_table(smp_processor_id());
 	gdt_descr.size = GDT_SIZE - 1;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/doublefault_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/doublefault_32.c
index cc19a3e..d16122a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/doublefault_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/doublefault_32.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 static void doublefault_fn(void)
 {
-	struct Xgt_desc_struct gdt_desc = {0, 0};
+	struct desc_ptr gdt_desc = {0, 0};
 	unsigned long gdt, tss;
 
 	store_gdt(&gdt_desc);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/efi_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/efi_32.c
index e2be78f..863e892 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/efi_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/efi_32.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 {
 	unsigned long cr4;
 	unsigned long temp;
-	struct Xgt_desc_struct gdt_descr;
+	struct desc_ptr gdt_descr;
 
 	spin_lock(&efi_rt_lock);
 	local_irq_save(efi_rt_eflags);
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 static void efi_call_phys_epilog(void) __releases(efi_rt_lock)
 {
 	unsigned long cr4;
-	struct Xgt_desc_struct gdt_descr;
+	struct desc_ptr gdt_descr;
 
 	gdt_descr.address = (unsigned long)get_cpu_gdt_table(0);
 	gdt_descr.size = GDT_SIZE - 1;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
index 11b935f..c1cfd60 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_32.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 static void set_idt(void *newidt, __u16 limit)
 {
-	struct Xgt_desc_struct curidt;
+	struct desc_ptr curidt;
 
 	/* ia32 supports unaliged loads & stores */
 	curidt.size    = limit;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 static void set_gdt(void *newgdt, __u16 limit)
 {
-	struct Xgt_desc_struct curgdt;
+	struct desc_ptr curgdt;
 
 	/* ia32 supports unaligned loads & stores */
 	curgdt.size    = limit;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot_32.c
index bb1a0f8..c3376fa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot_32.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 	0x000092000100ffffULL	/* 16-bit real-mode 64k data at 0x00000100 */
 };
 
-static struct Xgt_desc_struct
+static struct desc_ptr
 real_mode_gdt = { sizeof (real_mode_gdt_entries) - 1, (long)real_mode_gdt_entries },
 real_mode_idt = { 0x3ff, 0 },
 no_idt = { 0, 0 };
diff --git a/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c b/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c
index c751e3c..aa0bdd5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
 /* Changing to a different IDT is very rare: we keep the IDT up-to-date every
  * time it is written, so we can simply loop through all entries and tell the
  * Host about them. */
-static void lguest_load_idt(const struct Xgt_desc_struct *desc)
+static void lguest_load_idt(const struct desc_ptr *desc)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 	struct desc_struct *idt = (void *)desc->address;
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
  * hypercall and use that repeatedly to load a new IDT.  I don't think it
  * really matters, but wouldn't it be nice if they were the same?
  */
-static void lguest_load_gdt(const struct Xgt_desc_struct *desc)
+static void lguest_load_gdt(const struct desc_ptr *desc)
 {
 	BUG_ON((desc->size+1)/8 != GDT_ENTRIES);
 	hcall(LHCALL_LOAD_GDT, __pa(desc->address), GDT_ENTRIES, 0);
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index d81e8d7..c32e0fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 	xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_CPU);
 }
 
-static void xen_load_gdt(const struct Xgt_desc_struct *dtr)
+static void xen_load_gdt(const struct desc_ptr *dtr)
 {
 	unsigned long *frames;
 	unsigned long va = dtr->address;
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
 }
 
 /* Locations of each CPU's IDT */
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct Xgt_desc_struct, idt_desc);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct desc_ptr, idt_desc);
 
 /* Set an IDT entry.  If the entry is part of the current IDT, then
    also update Xen. */
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
-static void xen_convert_trap_info(const struct Xgt_desc_struct *desc,
+static void xen_convert_trap_info(const struct desc_ptr *desc,
 				  struct trap_info *traps)
 {
 	unsigned in, out, count;
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
 
 void xen_copy_trap_info(struct trap_info *traps)
 {
-	const struct Xgt_desc_struct *desc = &__get_cpu_var(idt_desc);
+	const struct desc_ptr *desc = &__get_cpu_var(idt_desc);
 
 	xen_convert_trap_info(desc, traps);
 }
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
 /* Load a new IDT into Xen.  In principle this can be per-CPU, so we
    hold a spinlock to protect the static traps[] array (static because
    it avoids allocation, and saves stack space). */
-static void xen_load_idt(const struct Xgt_desc_struct *desc)
+static void xen_load_idt(const struct desc_ptr *desc)
 {
 	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lock);
 	static struct trap_info traps[257];