From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964782AbVHKFzF (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Aug 2005 01:55:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964800AbVHKFzF (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Aug 2005 01:55:05 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:48522 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964784AbVHKFzC (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Aug 2005 01:55:02 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:54:53 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Chris Wright , Zwane Mwaikambo , zach@vmware.com, akpm@osdl.org, chrisl@vmware.com, Keir.Fraser@cl.cam.ac.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, m+Ian.Pratt@cl.cam.ac.uk, mbligh@mbligh.org, pratap@vmware.com, virtualization@lists.osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/14] i386 / Add a per cpu gdt accessor Message-ID: <20050811055453.GV7762@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> References: <200508110456.j7B4ue56019587@zach-dev.vmware.com> <20050811054045.GU7762@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <42FAE59F.8070009@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42FAE59F.8070009@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com) wrote: > Chris Wright wrote: > >* Zwane Mwaikambo (zwane@arm.linux.org.uk) wrote: > >>On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 zach@vmware.com wrote: > >>>Add an accessor function for getting the per-CPU gdt. Callee must > >>>already > >>>have the CPU. > >> > >>This one seems superfluous to me, does accessing it indirectly generate > >>better code too? > > > >It's prepratory for other work. > > I am assuming it has no change on the code, right? (If it does, > something is wrong...) That's correct, should be no change. thanks, -chris