linux-kernel - [tip:x86/apic] x86/percpu: Use static initializer for GDT entry

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Message-ID: <tip-1dd439fe97e1a32cbb980c180f1bcb54bb6a2a55@git.kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 29 Aug 2017 04:13:10 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@...or.com>
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Subject: [tip:x86/apic] x86/percpu: Use static initializer for GDT entry

Commit-ID:  1dd439fe97e1a32cbb980c180f1bcb54bb6a2a55
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/1dd439fe97e1a32cbb980c180f1bcb54bb6a2a55
Author:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 08:47:38 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:07:24 +0200

x86/percpu: Use static initializer for GDT entry

The IDT cleanup is about to remove pack_descriptor(). The GDT setup for the
per-cpu storage can be achieved with the static initializer as well. Replace
it.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170828064957.954214927@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
index 10edd1e..6e8fcb6f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
@@ -155,13 +155,10 @@ static void __init pcpup_populate_pte(unsigned long addr)
 static inline void setup_percpu_segment(int cpu)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-	struct desc_struct gdt;
+	struct desc_struct d = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(0x8092, per_cpu_offset(cpu),
+					      0xFFFFF);
 
-	pack_descriptor(&gdt, per_cpu_offset(cpu), 0xFFFFF,
-			0x2 | DESCTYPE_S, 0x8);
-	gdt.s = 1;
-	write_gdt_entry(get_cpu_gdt_rw(cpu),
-			GDT_ENTRY_PERCPU, &gdt, DESCTYPE_S);
+	write_gdt_entry(get_cpu_gdt_rw(cpu), GDT_ENTRY_PERCPU, &d, DESCTYPE_S);
 #endif
 }