Re: [patch 17/24] Xen-paravirt_ops: avoid having a bad selector in %gs during context switch

Andi Kleen
2007-02-21T22:10:21Z

> /*
> + * Temporary hack: zero gs now that we've saved it so that Xen
> + * doesn't try to reload the old value after changing the GDT
> + * during the context switch. This can go away once Xen has
> + * been taught to only reload %gs when it absolutely must.
> + */
> + loadsegment(gs, 0);

Sorry, but i don't really want that unconditionally in the context switch.
Adding a paravirt ops for it would be also ugly. Can Xen be fixed?

-Andi