Re: [PATCH 8/14] i386 / Add a per cpu gdt accessor

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Thu Aug 11 2005 - 00:44:59 EST


Chris Wright wrote:
* Zwane Mwaikambo (zwane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 zach@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:


Add an accessor function for getting the per-CPU gdt. Callee must already
have the CPU.

This one seems superfluous to me, does accessing it indirectly generate better code too?


It's prepratory for other work.


I am assuming it has no change on the code, right? (If it does, something is wrong...)

-hpa
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