linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen: clean up x86-64 warnings

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Message-ID: <20081003080428.GD25408@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:04:30 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen: clean up x86-64 warnings


* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:

> There are a couple of Xen features which rely on directly accessing
> per-cpu data via a segment register, which is not yet available on
> x86-64.  In the meantime, just disable direct access to the vcpu info
> structure; this leaves some of the code as dead, but it will come to
> life in time, and the warnings are suppressed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c  |   61 +++++++--------------------------------------
> arch/x86/xen/xen-asm_64.S |   22 +++++++++++++---
> 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)

applied to tip/x86/xen, thanks Jeremy!

	Ingo
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