linux-kernel - Re: [patch] faster vgetcpu using sidt

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Message-ID: <20070109090744.GA6346@muc.de>
Date:	Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:07:44 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@....de>
To:	dean gaudet <dean@...tic.org>
Cc:	vojtech@...e.cz, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] faster vgetcpu using sidt

> 64-bit processes can't actually use their 
> LDT can they?  

The kernel supports LDT for 64bit processes, it just is not commonly
used. 

-Andi
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