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>
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 656d02e..373d3f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -393,6 +393,8 @@
};
DECLARE_PER_CPU(union irq_stack_union, irq_stack_union);
+DECLARE_INIT_PER_CPU(irq_stack_union);
+
DECLARE_PER_CPU(char *, irq_stack_ptr);
#endif