linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] lguest: 2.6.21-mm1 update: lguest-remove-unnecessary-gdt-load.patch

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Date:	Mon, 07 May 2007 11:09:28 +1000
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] lguest: 2.6.21-mm1 update:
	lguest-remove-unnecessary-gdt-load.patch

Andrew did a great job of merging in the PDA->percpu changes and
lguest code for 2.6.21-mm1, but the load_gdt is now unnecessary.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
---
 drivers/lguest/lguest.c |    4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

===================================================================
--- a/drivers/lguest/lguest.c
+++ b/drivers/lguest/lguest.c
@@ -409,9 +409,6 @@ static unsigned lguest_patch(u8 type, u1
 	memcpy(insns, lguest_insns[type].start, insn_len);
 	return insn_len;
 }
-
-/* From head.S */
-extern struct Xgt_desc_struct early_gdt_descr;
 
 __init void lguest_init(void)
 {
@@ -468,7 +465,6 @@ __init void lguest_init(void)
 	/* We use top of mem for initial pagetables. */
 	init_pg_tables_end = __pa(pg0);
 
-	load_gdt(&early_gdt_descr);
 	asm volatile ("mov %0, %%fs" : : "r" (__KERNEL_DS) : "memory");
 
 	reserve_top_address(lguest_data.reserve_mem);


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