linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen: setup percpu data pointers

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Date:	Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:50:44 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
CC:	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen: setup percpu data pointers

Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> We need to access percpu data fairly early, so set up the percpu
> registers as soon as possible.  We only need to load the appropriate
> segment register.  We already have a GDT, but its hard to change it
> early because we need to manipulate the pagetable to do so, and that
> hasn't been set up yet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>

Committed 1-2 to #tj-percpu.  Thanks.

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tejun
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