linux-kernel - [PATCH 05 of 36] x86_64: use write_gdt_entry in vsyscall_set

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Message-Id: <4969ab69fb2d847d394b.1214367541@localhost>
Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:19:01 -0400
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Stephen Tweedie <sct@...hat.com>,
	Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@...hat.com>,
	Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH 05 of 36] x86_64: use write_gdt_entry in vsyscall_set_cpu

Use write_gdt_entry to generate the special vgetcpu descriptor in the
vsyscall page.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
---
 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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