[PATCH] i386: Convert PDA into the percpu section

Currently x86 (similar to x84-64) has a special per-cpu structure
called "i386_pda" which can be easily and efficiently referenced via
the %fs register.  An ELF section is more flexible than a structure,
allowing any piece of code to use this area.  Indeed, such a section
already exists: the per-cpu area.

So this patch:
(1) Removes the PDA and uses per-cpu variables for each current member.
(2) Replaces the __KERNEL_PDA segment with __KERNEL_PERCPU.
(3) Creates a per-cpu mirror of __per_cpu_offset called this_cpu_off, which
    can be used to calculate addresses for this CPU's variables.
(4) Simplifies startup, because %fs doesn't need to be loaded with a
    special segment at early boot; it can be deferred until the first
    percpu area is allocated (or never for UP).

The result is less code and one less x86-specific concept.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-i386/irq_regs.h b/include/asm-i386/irq_regs.h
index a1b3f7f594a..3368b20c0b4 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/irq_regs.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/irq_regs.h
@@ -1,25 +1,27 @@
 /*
  * Per-cpu current frame pointer - the location of the last exception frame on
- * the stack, stored in the PDA.
+ * the stack, stored in the per-cpu area.
  *
  * Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
  */
 #ifndef _ASM_I386_IRQ_REGS_H
 #define _ASM_I386_IRQ_REGS_H
 
-#include <asm/pda.h>
+#include <asm/percpu.h>
+
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct pt_regs *, irq_regs);
 
 static inline struct pt_regs *get_irq_regs(void)
 {
-        return read_pda(irq_regs);
+        return x86_read_percpu(irq_regs);
 }
 
 static inline struct pt_regs *set_irq_regs(struct pt_regs *new_regs)
 {
         struct pt_regs *old_regs;
 
-        old_regs = read_pda(irq_regs);
-        write_pda(irq_regs, new_regs);
+        old_regs = get_irq_regs();
+        x86_write_percpu(irq_regs, new_regs);
 
         return old_regs;
 }