[PATCH] i386: Use per-cpu variables for GDT, PDA
Allocating PDA and GDT at boot is a pain. Using simple per-cpu variables adds
happiness (although we need the GDT page-aligned for Xen, which we do in a
followup patch).
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix]
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c
index 7b14e88..b36a5f1 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -808,13 +808,7 @@
if (IS_ERR(idle))
panic("failed fork for CPU %d", cpu);
- /* Pre-allocate and initialize the CPU's GDT and PDA so it
- doesn't have to do any memory allocation during the
- delicate CPU-bringup phase. */
- if (!init_gdt(cpu, idle)) {
- printk(KERN_INFO "Couldn't allocate GDT/PDA for CPU %d\n", cpu);
- return -1; /* ? */
- }
+ init_gdt(cpu, idle);
idle->thread.eip = (unsigned long) start_secondary;
/* start_eip had better be page-aligned! */
@@ -940,7 +934,6 @@
DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
struct warm_boot_cpu_info info;
int apicid, ret;
- struct Xgt_desc_struct *cpu_gdt_descr = &per_cpu(cpu_gdt_descr, cpu);
apicid = x86_cpu_to_apicid[cpu];
if (apicid == BAD_APICID) {
@@ -948,18 +941,6 @@
goto exit;
}
- /*
- * the CPU isn't initialized at boot time, allocate gdt table here.
- * cpu_init will initialize it
- */
- if (!cpu_gdt_descr->address) {
- cpu_gdt_descr->address = get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!cpu_gdt_descr->address)
- printk(KERN_CRIT "CPU%d failed to allocate GDT\n", cpu);
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto exit;
- }
-
info.complete = &done;
info.apicid = apicid;
info.cpu = cpu;