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[PATCH] i386: Convert PDA into the percpu section

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Currently x86 (similar to x84-64) has a special per-cpu structure
called "i386_pda" which can be easily and efficiently referenced via
the %fs register.  An ELF section is more flexible than a structure,
allowing any piece of code to use this area.  Indeed, such a section
already exists: the per-cpu area.

So this patch:
(1) Removes the PDA and uses per-cpu variables for each current member.
(2) Replaces the __KERNEL_PDA segment with __KERNEL_PERCPU.
(3) Creates a per-cpu mirror of __per_cpu_offset called this_cpu_off, which
    can be used to calculate addresses for this CPU's variables.
(4) Simplifies startup, because %fs doesn't need to be loaded with a
    special segment at early boot; it can be deferred until the first
    percpu area is allocated (or never for UP).

The result is less code and one less x86-specific concept.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-05-02 19:27:16 +02:00
committed by Andi Kleen
parent 7a61d35d4b
commit 7c3576d261
17 changed files with 177 additions and 195 deletions
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arch/i386/kernel/irq.c
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@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
DEFINE_PER_CPU(irq_cpustat_t, irq_stat) ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(irq_stat);
DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pt_regs *, irq_regs);
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(irq_regs);
/*
* 'what should we do if we get a hw irq event on an illegal vector'.
* each architecture has to answer this themselves.