Re: [PATCHSET linux-2.6-x86:tip] x86: make percpu offsets zero-based on SMP

[Brian Gerst]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello, Brian.
>
> Brian Gerst wrote:
>> I've been working on a patchset that does something similar, but
>> eliminating the PDA completely.  The start is already in tip/x86/pda.
>> The plan is to change all PDA variables to be normal per-cpu
>> variables, merging with 32-bit where possible.
>
> I think the two changes aren't exclusive at all.  The order of things
> could be different but in the end, yeah, zero-based percpu symbols w/
> mostly empty pda is the goal.
>
>> Once the PDA is empty, I'll base %gs at the start of the per-cpu
>> area.  I've been working out the bugs with the last patch
>> (zero-basing the percpu area) before submitting, but I probably
>> won't have the time until this weekend to polish it off.  I could
>> submit all but the last patch if you'd like.
>
> Any chance you can rebase those patches on top of mine?  If you don't
> have time, just send them to me, I'll try to integrate them this week.

Are your patches available via git by chance?

>> They are functionally correct, but because the per-cpu area isn't
>> zero-based yet the generated code is a bit bloated due to having to
>> calculate the delta for the %gs offset.
>
> BTW, what did you do about the dreaded stack_canary?

I put the irqstack at the start of the per-cpu area and overlaid the
canary on the bottom 48 bytes of the 16k stack.

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Brian Gerst
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