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author | Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> | 2009-02-09 14:17:40 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-02-10 00:41:58 +0100 |
commit | d9a89a26e02ef9ed03f74a755a8b4d8f3a066622 (patch) | |
tree | 35f3713bca4e6b815f6b9db92dc9d812ec7213ff /arch/x86/math-emu | |
parent | x86: use asm .macro instead of cpp #define in entry_32.S (diff) | |
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x86: add %gs accessors for x86_32
Impact: cleanup
On x86_32, %gs is handled lazily. It's not saved and restored on
kernel entry/exit but only when necessary which usually is during task
switch but there are few other places. Currently, it's done by
calling savesegment() and loadsegment() explicitly. Define
get_user_gs(), set_user_gs() and task_user_gs() and use them instead.
While at it, clean up register access macros in signal.c.
This cleans up code a bit and will help future changes.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/math-emu')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/math-emu/get_address.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/math-emu/get_address.c b/arch/x86/math-emu/get_address.c index 420b3b6e3915..6ef5e99380f9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/math-emu/get_address.c +++ b/arch/x86/math-emu/get_address.c @@ -150,11 +150,9 @@ static long pm_address(u_char FPU_modrm, u_char segment, #endif /* PARANOID */ switch (segment) { - /* gs isn't used by the kernel, so it still has its - user-space value. */ case PREFIX_GS_ - 1: - /* N.B. - movl %seg, mem is a 2 byte write regardless of prefix */ - savesegment(gs, addr->selector); + /* user gs handling can be lazy, use special accessors */ + addr->selector = get_user_gs(FPU_info->regs); break; default: addr->selector = PM_REG_(segment); |