[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, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-i386/smp.h b/include/asm-i386/smp.h
index 2d083cb4ca93..090abc1da32a 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/smp.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/smp.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/threads.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
-#include <asm/pda.h>
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) && !defined(__ASSEMBLY__)
@@ -112,7 +111,8 @@ do { } while (0)
  * from the initial startup. We map APIC_BASE very early in page_setup(),
  * so this is correct in the x86 case.
  */
-#define raw_smp_processor_id() (read_pda(cpu_number))
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, cpu_number);
+#define raw_smp_processor_id() (x86_read_percpu(cpu_number))
 
 extern cpumask_t cpu_callout_map;
 extern cpumask_t cpu_callin_map;