From f95d47caae5302a63d92be9a0292abc90e2a14e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 02:14:02 +0100 Subject: [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 Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Cc: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Cc: Zachary Amsden Cc: Jan Beulich Cc: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/fork.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel/fork.c') diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index 8cdd3e72ba5..fd22245e388 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ fork_out: return ERR_PTR(retval); } -struct pt_regs * __devinit __attribute__((weak)) idle_regs(struct pt_regs *regs) +noinline struct pt_regs * __devinit __attribute__((weak)) idle_regs(struct pt_regs *regs) { memset(regs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs)); return regs; -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2