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Message-ID: <498DF388.1050906@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:48:08 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
CC:	mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, pavel@...e.cz,
	rjw@...k.pl, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86_64: fix early_gdt_descr_base mangling

Brian Gerst wrote:
>> @@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ NEXT_PAGE(level2_spare_pgt)
>>  early_gdt_descr:
>>        .word   GDT_ENTRIES*8-1
>>  early_gdt_descr_base:
>> -       .quad   per_cpu__gdt_page
>> +       .quad   0
> 
> The add of the load address isn't done on UP, so this breaks it.

Ah, I see.

> Actually, hold off on this patch.

Ok, thanks, holding on...
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