[PATCH] i386: Convert PDA into the percpu section
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>
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/segment.h b/include/asm-i386/segment.h
index 065f10b..07e7062 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/segment.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/segment.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
* 25 - APM BIOS support
*
* 26 - ESPFIX small SS
- * 27 - PDA [ per-cpu private data area ]
+ * 27 - per-cpu [ offset to per-cpu data area ]
* 28 - unused
* 29 - unused
* 30 - unused
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@
#define GDT_ENTRY_ESPFIX_SS (GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_BASE + 14)
#define __ESPFIX_SS (GDT_ENTRY_ESPFIX_SS * 8)
-#define GDT_ENTRY_PDA (GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_BASE + 15)
-#define __KERNEL_PDA (GDT_ENTRY_PDA * 8)
+#define GDT_ENTRY_PERCPU (GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_BASE + 15)
+#define __KERNEL_PERCPU (GDT_ENTRY_PERCPU * 8)
#define GDT_ENTRY_DOUBLEFAULT_TSS 31