[PATCH] i386: Use per-cpu variables for GDT, PDA

Allocating PDA and GDT at boot is a pain.  Using simple per-cpu variables adds
happiness (although we need the GDT page-aligned for Xen, which we do in a
followup patch).

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix]
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c b/arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
index 74aeedf277f..15d8132d4f5 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
@@ -580,15 +580,7 @@ do_boot_cpu(__u8 cpu)
         /* init_tasks (in sched.c) is indexed logically */
         stack_start.esp = (void *) idle->thread.esp;
 
-        /* Pre-allocate and initialize the CPU's GDT and PDA so it
-           doesn't have to do any memory allocation during the
-           delicate CPU-bringup phase. */
-        if (!init_gdt(cpu, idle)) {
-                printk(KERN_INFO "Couldn't allocate GDT/PDA for CPU %d\n", cpu);
-                cpucount--;
-                return;
-        }
-
+        init_gdt(cpu, idle);
         irq_ctx_init(cpu);
 
         /* Note: Don't modify initial ss override */