Re: [uml-devel] Recent patches of note

[Bodo Stroesser <bstroesser@fujitsu-siemens.com>]

Blaisorblade wrote:
> On Thursday 16 June 2005 20:31, Bodo Stroesser wrote:
> 
>>Blaisorblade wrote:
>>
>>>arch_switch already exists (wasn't used for SKAS). About improving it and
>>>making it more "general-purpose" (I've written this for the TLS code
>>>needs), could you have a look to the attached patches? do_fork-* is
>>>another thing (a cleanup discussed some time ago with Jeff) but may be
>>>needed to apply the second.
>>
>>Wouldn't it be better to have separate arch_switch_tt and arch_switch_skas?
>>I think, arch_switch has to do different things for tt and skas (and maybe
>>even for skas0 and skas3)
> 
> Let's not go creating too many layers. switch_to_* calls arch_switch, then it 
> can use CHOOSE_MODE if it needs (see the TLS patch I'm working on, it's in 
> the -devel tarball here:
Then swtich_to_tt should call arch_switch_tt and switch_to_skas should call
arch_switch_skas. This avoids a CHOOSE_MODE and a function call.
And also it makes tt a bit more removable, if Jeff decides to.

	Bodo
> 
> http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade/patches/devel-guest/
> 
> (pick the latest)
> ).


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