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authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>2007-05-02 13:27:16 -0400
committerAndi Kleen <andi@basil.nowhere.org>2007-05-02 13:27:16 -0400
commitc5413fbe894924ddb8aa474a4d4da52e7a6c7e0b (patch)
tree8f317bf2494b6b4bceb5e6d1ee35fabc0eeb9971 /arch/i386/kernel/cpu
parent1956c73bb5bf81ee577ed7d3c64e3cad876ad2a5 (diff)
[PATCH] i386: Fix UP gdt bugs
Fixes two problems with the GDT when compiling for uniprocessor: - There's no percpu segment, so trying to load its selector into %fs fails. Use a null selector instead. - The real gdt needs to be loaded at some point. Do it in cpu_init(). Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/i386/kernel/cpu')
-rw-r--r--arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 27e00565f5e4..794d593c47eb 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -638,6 +638,18 @@ struct pt_regs * __devinit idle_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
638 return regs; 638 return regs;
639} 639}
640 640
641/* Current gdt points %fs at the "master" per-cpu area: after this,
642 * it's on the real one. */
643void switch_to_new_gdt(void)
644{
645 struct Xgt_desc_struct gdt_descr;
646
647 gdt_descr.address = (long)get_cpu_gdt_table(smp_processor_id());
648 gdt_descr.size = GDT_SIZE - 1;
649 load_gdt(&gdt_descr);
650 asm("mov %0, %%fs" : : "r" (__KERNEL_PERCPU) : "memory");
651}
652
641/* 653/*
642 * cpu_init() initializes state that is per-CPU. Some data is already 654 * cpu_init() initializes state that is per-CPU. Some data is already
643 * initialized (naturally) in the bootstrap process, such as the GDT 655 * initialized (naturally) in the bootstrap process, such as the GDT
@@ -668,6 +680,7 @@ void __cpuinit cpu_init(void)
668 } 680 }
669 681
670 load_idt(&idt_descr); 682 load_idt(&idt_descr);
683 switch_to_new_gdt();
671 684
672 /* 685 /*
673 * Set up and load the per-CPU TSS and LDT 686 * Set up and load the per-CPU TSS and LDT