linux/arch/i386
Jeremy Fitzhardinge f95d47caae [PATCH] i386: Use %gs as the PDA base-segment in the kernel
This patch is the meat of the PDA change.  This patch makes several related
changes:

1: Most significantly, %gs is now used in the kernel.  This means that on
   entry, the old value of %gs is saved away, and it is reloaded with
   __KERNEL_PDA.

2: entry.S constructs the stack in the shape of struct pt_regs, and this
   is passed around the kernel so that the process's saved register
   state can be accessed.

   Unfortunately struct pt_regs doesn't currently have space for %gs
   (or %fs). This patch extends pt_regs to add space for gs (no space
   is allocated for %fs, since it won't be used, and it would just
   complicate the code in entry.S to work around the space).

3: Because %gs is now saved on the stack like %ds, %es and the integer
   registers, there are a number of places where it no longer needs to
   be handled specially; namely context switch, and saving/restoring the
   register state in a signal context.

4: And since kernel threads run in kernel space and call normal kernel
   code, they need to be created with their %gs == __KERNEL_PDA.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Cc: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
2006-12-07 02:14:02 +01:00
..
boot [PATCH] Some config.h removals 2006-10-01 00:39:34 -07:00
crypto [CRYPTO] api: Get rid of flags argument to setkey 2006-09-21 11:41:02 +10:00
kernel [PATCH] i386: Use %gs as the PDA base-segment in the kernel 2006-12-07 02:14:02 +01:00
lib [PATCH] separate bdi congestion functions from queue congestion functions 2006-10-20 10:26:35 -07:00
mach-default [PATCH] irq-flags: i386: Use the new IRQF_ constants 2006-07-02 13:58:47 -07:00
mach-es7000 [PATCH] Compilation fix for ES7000 when no ACPI is specified in config (i386) 2006-03-23 07:38:04 -08:00
mach-generic [PATCH] i386: Replace i386 open-coded cmdline parsing with 2006-09-26 10:52:32 +02:00
mach-visws [PATCH] visws build fix 2006-10-28 11:30:52 -07:00
mach-voyager [PATCH] i386: Initialize the per-CPU data area 2006-12-07 02:14:02 +01:00
math-emu [PATCH] i386: fix must_checks 2006-12-07 02:14:00 +01:00
mm [PATCH] mm: use symbolic names instead of indices for zone initialisation 2006-10-11 11:14:14 -07:00
oprofile [PATCH] oprofile: ppro: need to enable/disable all the counters 2006-09-29 09:18:11 -07:00
pci PCI: make arch/i386/pci/common.c:pci_bf_sort static 2006-12-01 14:37:00 -08:00
power [PATCH] Change the name of pagedir_nosave 2006-09-26 08:49:01 -07:00
defconfig [PATCH] i386: Update defconfig 2006-12-07 02:14:00 +01:00
Kconfig Attack of "the the"s in arch 2006-10-03 22:21:02 +02:00
Kconfig.cpu [PATCH] uml: fix processor selection to exclude unsupported processors and features 2006-10-11 11:14:20 -07:00
Kconfig.debug [PATCH] lockdep: irqtrace subsystem, i386 support 2006-07-03 15:27:03 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] x86: Use -maccumulate-outgoing-args 2006-10-21 18:37:01 +02:00
Makefile.cpu [PATCH] x86-64: Use -mtune=generic for generic kernels 2006-03-25 09:10:52 -08:00