x86, 64-bit: use write_gdt_entry in vsyscall_set_cpu
Use write_gdt_entry to generate the special vgetcpu descriptor in the
vsyscall page.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
Cc: Stephen Tweedie <sct@redhat.com>
Cc: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Cc: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
index 61efa2f..c87cbd8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
doesn't violate that. We'll find out if it does. */
static void __cpuinit vsyscall_set_cpu(int cpu)
{
- unsigned long *d;
+ unsigned long d;
unsigned long node = 0;
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
node = cpu_to_node(cpu);
@@ -260,11 +260,11 @@
/* Store cpu number in limit so that it can be loaded quickly
in user space in vgetcpu.
12 bits for the CPU and 8 bits for the node. */
- d = (unsigned long *)(get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu) + GDT_ENTRY_PER_CPU);
- *d = 0x0f40000000000ULL;
- *d |= cpu;
- *d |= (node & 0xf) << 12;
- *d |= (node >> 4) << 48;
+ d = 0x0f40000000000ULL;
+ d |= cpu;
+ d |= (node & 0xf) << 12;
+ d |= (node >> 4) << 48;
+ write_gdt_entry(get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu), GDT_ENTRY_PER_CPU, &d, DESCTYPE_S);
}
static void __cpuinit cpu_vsyscall_init(void *arg)