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author | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2010-09-21 12:54:01 -0400 |
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committer | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2010-09-20 21:24:02 -0400 |
commit | 9b6efcd2e2275e13403700913b7a1da92cf11ad2 (patch) | |
tree | 894993458a343675e88111d0603ee8e2c8dc4ced /arch/x86 | |
parent | 65745422a898741ee0e7068ef06624ab06e8aefa (diff) |
lguest: update comments to reflect LHCALL_LOAD_GDT_ENTRY.
We used to have a hypercall which reloaded the entire GDT, then we
switched to one which loaded a single entry (to match the IDT code).
Some comments were not updated, so fix them.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Reported by: Eviatar Khen <eviatarkhen@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/lguest/boot.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c b/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c index 9257510b4836..9d5f55848455 100644 --- a/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c +++ b/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c | |||
@@ -324,9 +324,8 @@ static void lguest_load_gdt(const struct desc_ptr *desc) | |||
324 | } | 324 | } |
325 | 325 | ||
326 | /* | 326 | /* |
327 | * For a single GDT entry which changes, we do the lazy thing: alter our GDT, | 327 | * For a single GDT entry which changes, we simply change our copy and |
328 | * then tell the Host to reload the entire thing. This operation is so rare | 328 | * then tell the host about it. |
329 | * that this naive implementation is reasonable. | ||
330 | */ | 329 | */ |
331 | static void lguest_write_gdt_entry(struct desc_struct *dt, int entrynum, | 330 | static void lguest_write_gdt_entry(struct desc_struct *dt, int entrynum, |
332 | const void *desc, int type) | 331 | const void *desc, int type) |
@@ -338,9 +337,13 @@ static void lguest_write_gdt_entry(struct desc_struct *dt, int entrynum, | |||
338 | } | 337 | } |
339 | 338 | ||
340 | /* | 339 | /* |
341 | * OK, I lied. There are three "thread local storage" GDT entries which change | 340 | * There are three "thread local storage" GDT entries which change |
342 | * on every context switch (these three entries are how glibc implements | 341 | * on every context switch (these three entries are how glibc implements |
343 | * __thread variables). So we have a hypercall specifically for this case. | 342 | * __thread variables). As an optimization, we have a hypercall |
343 | * specifically for this case. | ||
344 | * | ||
345 | * Wouldn't it be nicer to have a general LOAD_GDT_ENTRIES hypercall | ||
346 | * which took a range of entries? | ||
344 | */ | 347 | */ |
345 | static void lguest_load_tls(struct thread_struct *t, unsigned int cpu) | 348 | static void lguest_load_tls(struct thread_struct *t, unsigned int cpu) |
346 | { | 349 | { |