From f95d47caae5302a63d92be9a0292abc90e2a14e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 02:14:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] i386: Use %gs as the PDA base-segment in the kernel This patch is the meat of the PDA change. This patch makes several related changes: 1: Most significantly, %gs is now used in the kernel. This means that on entry, the old value of %gs is saved away, and it is reloaded with __KERNEL_PDA. 2: entry.S constructs the stack in the shape of struct pt_regs, and this is passed around the kernel so that the process's saved register state can be accessed. Unfortunately struct pt_regs doesn't currently have space for %gs (or %fs). This patch extends pt_regs to add space for gs (no space is allocated for %fs, since it won't be used, and it would just complicate the code in entry.S to work around the space). 3: Because %gs is now saved on the stack like %ds, %es and the integer registers, there are a number of places where it no longer needs to be handled specially; namely context switch, and saving/restoring the register state in a signal context. 4: And since kernel threads run in kernel space and call normal kernel code, they need to be created with their %gs == __KERNEL_PDA. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Cc: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Cc: Zachary Amsden Cc: Jan Beulich Cc: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/i386/kernel/head.S | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/i386/kernel/head.S') diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S index 4a83384c5a61..5b14e95ac8b9 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S @@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ is386: movl $2,%ecx # set MP movl %eax,%cr0 call check_x87 + call setup_pda lgdt cpu_gdt_descr lidt idt_descr ljmp $(__KERNEL_CS),$1f @@ -312,10 +313,13 @@ is386: movl $2,%ecx # set MP movl %eax,%ds movl %eax,%es - xorl %eax,%eax # Clear FS/GS and LDT + xorl %eax,%eax # Clear FS and LDT movl %eax,%fs - movl %eax,%gs lldt %ax + + movl $(__KERNEL_PDA),%eax + mov %eax,%gs + cld # gcc2 wants the direction flag cleared at all times pushl $0 # fake return address for unwinder #ifdef CONFIG_SMP @@ -345,6 +349,23 @@ check_x87: .byte 0xDB,0xE4 /* fsetpm for 287, ignored by 387 */ ret +/* + * Point the GDT at this CPU's PDA. On boot this will be + * cpu_gdt_table and boot_pda; for secondary CPUs, these will be + * that CPU's GDT and PDA. + */ +setup_pda: + /* get the PDA pointer */ + movl start_pda, %eax + + /* slot the PDA address into the GDT */ + mov cpu_gdt_descr+2, %ecx + mov %ax, (__KERNEL_PDA+0+2)(%ecx) /* base & 0x0000ffff */ + shr $16, %eax + mov %al, (__KERNEL_PDA+4+0)(%ecx) /* base & 0x00ff0000 */ + mov %ah, (__KERNEL_PDA+4+3)(%ecx) /* base & 0xff000000 */ + ret + /* * setup_idt * @@ -484,6 +505,8 @@ ENTRY(empty_zero_page) * This starts the data section. */ .data +ENTRY(start_pda) + .long boot_pda ENTRY(stack_start) .long init_thread_union+THREAD_SIZE @@ -525,7 +548,7 @@ idt_descr: # boot GDT descriptor (later on used by CPU#0): .word 0 # 32 bit align gdt_desc.address -cpu_gdt_descr: +ENTRY(cpu_gdt_descr) .word GDT_ENTRIES*8-1 .long cpu_gdt_table @@ -585,7 +608,7 @@ ENTRY(cpu_gdt_table) .quad 0x004092000000ffff /* 0xc8 APM DS data */ .quad 0x00c0920000000000 /* 0xd0 - ESPFIX SS */ - .quad 0x0000000000000000 /* 0xd8 - PDA */ + .quad 0x00cf92000000ffff /* 0xd8 - PDA */ .quad 0x0000000000000000 /* 0xe0 - unused */ .quad 0x0000000000000000 /* 0xe8 - unused */ .quad 0x0000000000000000 /* 0xf0 - unused */ -- cgit v1.2.3