[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/include/asm-i386/mmu_context.h b/include/asm-i386/mmu_context.h
index 1b14953..68ff102 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/mmu_context.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/mmu_context.h
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
#endif
}
-#define deactivate_mm(tsk, mm) \
- asm("movl %0,%%fs ; movl %0,%%gs": :"r" (0))
+#define deactivate_mm(tsk, mm) \
+ asm("movl %0,%%fs": :"r" (0));
#define activate_mm(prev, next) \
switch_mm((prev),(next),NULL)