Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: Use linker to offset symbols by __per_cpu_load

[Jiri Slaby]

On 02/09/2009 10:29 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Impact: cleanup and bug fix
>>
>> Use the linker to create symbols for certain per-cpu variables
>> that are offset by __per_cpu_load.  This allows the removal of
>> the runtime fixup of the GDT pointer, which fixes a bug with
>> resume reported by Jiri Slaby.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h    |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h |    2 ++
>>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c     |    6 +-----
>>  arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S        |   21 ++-------------------
>>  arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux_64.lds.S |    8 ++++++++
>>  5 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> applied to tip/core/percpu, thanks!
> 
> Also added these tags:
> 
> Reported-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx>

Ok, fixes the problem for me, thanks.
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