[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 <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Cc: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
index 4a83384..5b14e95 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@
movl %eax,%cr0
call check_x87
+ call setup_pda
lgdt cpu_gdt_descr
lidt idt_descr
ljmp $(__KERNEL_CS),$1f
@@ -312,10 +313,13 @@
movl %eax,%ds
movl %eax,%es
- xorl %eax,%eax # Clear FS/GS and LDT
+ xorl %eax,%eax # Clear FS and LDT
movl %eax,%fs
- movl %eax,%gs
lldt %ax
+
+ movl $(__KERNEL_PDA),%eax
+ mov %eax,%gs
+
cld # gcc2 wants the direction flag cleared at all times
pushl $0 # fake return address for unwinder
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -346,6 +350,23 @@
ret
/*
+ * Point the GDT at this CPU's PDA. On boot this will be
+ * cpu_gdt_table and boot_pda; for secondary CPUs, these will be
+ * that CPU's GDT and PDA.
+ */
+setup_pda:
+ /* get the PDA pointer */
+ movl start_pda, %eax
+
+ /* slot the PDA address into the GDT */
+ mov cpu_gdt_descr+2, %ecx
+ mov %ax, (__KERNEL_PDA+0+2)(%ecx) /* base & 0x0000ffff */
+ shr $16, %eax
+ mov %al, (__KERNEL_PDA+4+0)(%ecx) /* base & 0x00ff0000 */
+ mov %ah, (__KERNEL_PDA+4+3)(%ecx) /* base & 0xff000000 */
+ ret
+
+/*
* setup_idt
*
* sets up a idt with 256 entries pointing to
@@ -484,6 +505,8 @@
* This starts the data section.
*/
.data
+ENTRY(start_pda)
+ .long boot_pda
ENTRY(stack_start)
.long init_thread_union+THREAD_SIZE
@@ -525,7 +548,7 @@
# boot GDT descriptor (later on used by CPU#0):
.word 0 # 32 bit align gdt_desc.address
-cpu_gdt_descr:
+ENTRY(cpu_gdt_descr)
.word GDT_ENTRIES*8-1
.long cpu_gdt_table
@@ -585,7 +608,7 @@
.quad 0x004092000000ffff /* 0xc8 APM DS data */
.quad 0x00c0920000000000 /* 0xd0 - ESPFIX SS */
- .quad 0x0000000000000000 /* 0xd8 - PDA */
+ .quad 0x00cf92000000ffff /* 0xd8 - PDA */
.quad 0x0000000000000000 /* 0xe0 - unused */
.quad 0x0000000000000000 /* 0xe8 - unused */
.quad 0x0000000000000000 /* 0xf0 - unused */