[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, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-i386/current.h b/include/asm-i386/current.h
index 5252ee0f6d7a..d35248539912 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/current.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/current.h
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 #ifndef _I386_CURRENT_H
 #define _I386_CURRENT_H
 
-#include <asm/pda.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <asm/percpu.h>
 
 struct task_struct;
 
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, current_task);
 static __always_inline struct task_struct *get_current(void)
 {
-        return read_pda(pcurrent);
+        return x86_read_percpu(current_task);
 }
  
 #define current get_current()