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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Cc: virtualization <virtualization@lists.osdl.org>,
	lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] Use %gs for per-cpu sections in kernel
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:07:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45172BCE.4010708@goop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060923081337.GA10534@muc.de>

Andi Kleen wrote:
>> I managed to get all this done in head.S before going into C code; is 
>> that not still possible?  Or is there a later patch to do this.
>>     
>
> Why write in assembler what you can write in C?
>   
This stuff is very basic, and you could consider it as being part of the 
kernel's C runtime model, and therefore can be expected to be available 
everywhere.  In particular, the use of current is so prevalent that you 
really can't call anything without having the PDA set up.

    J

  reply	other threads:[~2006-09-25  1:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-09-22 11:51 [PATCH 0/7] Using %gs for per-cpu areas on x86 Rusty Russell
2006-09-22 11:53 ` [PATCH 1/7] Use per-cpu GDT tables from early in boot Rusty Russell
2006-09-22 11:55   ` [PATCH 2/7] Rusty Russell
2006-09-22 11:56     ` [PATCH 3/7] Update sys_vm86 to cope with changed pt_regs and %gs usage Rusty Russell
2006-09-22 11:58       ` [PATCH 4/7] Fix places where using %gs changes the usermode ABI Rusty Russell
2006-09-22 11:59         ` [PATCH 5/7] Use %gs for per-cpu sections in kernel Rusty Russell
2006-09-22 12:00           ` [PATCH 6/7] (Optional) implement smp_processor_id() as a per-cpu var Rusty Russell
2006-09-22 12:01             ` [PATCH 7/7] (Optional) implement current " Rusty Russell
2006-09-25  5:29               ` Rusty Russell
2006-09-25  5:27             ` [PATCH 6/7] (Optional) implement smp_processor_id() " Rusty Russell
2006-09-22 12:32           ` [PATCH 5/7] Use %gs for per-cpu sections in kernel Andi Kleen
2006-09-22 22:43             ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-09-22 23:52               ` Andi Kleen
2006-09-23  4:51             ` Rusty Russell
2006-09-23  8:17               ` Andi Kleen
2006-09-23  8:55                 ` Rusty Russell
2006-09-22 22:39           ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-09-23  4:31             ` Rusty Russell
2006-09-25  1:03               ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-09-25  1:16                 ` Rusty Russell
2006-09-25  1:36                   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-09-25  2:51                     ` Rusty Russell
2006-09-25  5:25                       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-09-25  6:03                         ` Rusty Russell
2006-09-25  6:25                           ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-09-25 23:33                             ` Rusty Russell
2006-09-23  8:13             ` Andi Kleen
2006-09-25  1:07               ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]
2006-09-25  1:20                 ` Rusty Russell
2006-09-25  5:26                   ` Rusty Russell
2006-09-22 22:24     ` [PATCH 2/7] Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-09-23  4:36       ` Rusty Russell

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