linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] Vmi initialize fs for smp

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Message-Id: <200701050435.l054ZUO7005541@zach-dev.vmware.com>
Date:	Thu, 4 Jan 2007 20:35:30 -0800
From:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, Andi Kleen <ak@....de>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Virtualization Mailing List <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eli Collins <ecollins@...are.com>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Vmi initialize fs for smp

Now that Jeremy's change to move the kernel PDA to %fs has arrived,
convert the AP processor setup for SMP to use FS instead of GS.

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>

diff -r 2ac108843573 arch/i386/kernel/vmi.c
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/vmi.c	Thu Jan 04 20:01:52 2007 -0800
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vmi.c	Thu Jan 04 20:02:42 2007 -0800
@@ -533,8 +533,8 @@ vmi_startup_ipi_hook(int phys_apicid, un
 
 	ap.ds = __USER_DS;
 	ap.es = __USER_DS;
-	ap.fs = 0;
-	ap.gs = __KERNEL_PDA;
+	ap.fs = __KERNEL_PDA;
+	ap.gs = 0;
 
 	ap.eflags = 0;
 
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