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[Xen-devel] [PATCH 05 of 36] x86_64: use write_gdt_entry in vsyscall_set

To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 05 of 36] x86_64: use write_gdt_entry in vsyscall_set_cpu
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:19:01 -0400
Cc: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@xxxxxxxxxx>, Stephen Tweedie <sct@xxxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Use write_gdt_entry to generate the special vgetcpu descriptor in the
vsyscall page.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c |   12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
    doesn't violate that. We'll find out if it does. */
 static void __cpuinit vsyscall_set_cpu(int cpu)
 {
-       unsigned long *d;
+       unsigned long d;
        unsigned long node = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
        node = cpu_to_node(cpu);
@@ -261,11 +261,11 @@
        /* Store cpu number in limit so that it can be loaded quickly
           in user space in vgetcpu.
           12 bits for the CPU and 8 bits for the node. */
-       d = (unsigned long *)(get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu) + GDT_ENTRY_PER_CPU);
-       *d = 0x0f40000000000ULL;
-       *d |= cpu;
-       *d |= (node & 0xf) << 12;
-       *d |= (node >> 4) << 48;
+       d = 0x0f40000000000ULL;
+       d |= cpu;
+       d |= (node & 0xf) << 12;
+       d |= (node >> 4) << 48;
+       write_gdt_entry(get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu), GDT_ENTRY_PER_CPU, &d, 
DESCTYPE_S);
 }
 
 static void __cpuinit cpu_vsyscall_init(void *arg)



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