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authorBrian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>2009-02-08 09:58:39 -0500
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-02-09 10:30:30 +0100
commit2add8e235cbe0dcd672c33fc322754e15500238c (patch)
tree3cf9abe886432ac82fc08e99241ec7254dc20193 /arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
parentd3770449d3cb058b94ca1d050d5ced4a66c75ce4 (diff)
x86: use linker to offset symbols by __per_cpu_load
Impact: cleanup and bug fix Use the linker to create symbols for certain per-cpu variables that are offset by __per_cpu_load. This allows the removal of the runtime fixup of the GDT pointer, which fixes a bug with resume reported by Jiri Slaby. Reported-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S21
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index a0a2b5ca9b7..2e648e3a5ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -205,19 +205,6 @@ ENTRY(secondary_startup_64)
pushq $0
popfq
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
- /*
- * Fix up static pointers that need __per_cpu_load added. The assembler
- * is unable to do this directly. This is only needed for the boot cpu.
- * These values are set up with the correct base addresses by C code for
- * secondary cpus.
- */
- movq initial_gs(%rip), %rax
- cmpl $0, per_cpu__cpu_number(%rax)
- jne 1f
- addq %rax, early_gdt_descr_base(%rip)
-1:
-#endif
/*
* We must switch to a new descriptor in kernel space for the GDT
* because soon the kernel won't have access anymore to the userspace
@@ -275,11 +262,7 @@ ENTRY(secondary_startup_64)
ENTRY(initial_code)
.quad x86_64_start_kernel
ENTRY(initial_gs)
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
- .quad __per_cpu_load
-#else
- .quad PER_CPU_VAR(irq_stack_union)
-#endif
+ .quad INIT_PER_CPU_VAR(irq_stack_union)
__FINITDATA
ENTRY(stack_start)
@@ -425,7 +408,7 @@ NEXT_PAGE(level2_spare_pgt)
early_gdt_descr:
.word GDT_ENTRIES*8-1
early_gdt_descr_base:
- .quad per_cpu__gdt_page
+ .quad INIT_PER_CPU_VAR(gdt_page)
ENTRY(phys_base)
/* This must match the first entry in level2_kernel_pgt */