![Jeremy Fitzhardinge](/assets/img/avatar_default.png)
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>
18 lines
345 B
C
18 lines
345 B
C
#ifndef _I386_CURRENT_H
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#define _I386_CURRENT_H
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#include <linux/compiler.h>
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#include <asm/percpu.h>
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struct task_struct;
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DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, current_task);
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static __always_inline struct task_struct *get_current(void)
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{
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return x86_read_percpu(current_task);
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}
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#define current get_current()
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#endif /* !(_I386_CURRENT_H) */
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