Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86_64: Fold pda into per cpu area v3

2008-02-20 Thread Mike Travis
Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Mike Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> * Declare the pda as a per cpu variable. This will move the pda area >> to an address accessible by the x86_64 per cpu macros. >> Subtraction of __per_cpu_start will make the offset based from the >> beginning of

Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86_64: Fold pda into per cpu area v3

2008-02-20 Thread Mike Travis
Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:07:47 +0100 > Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> * Mike Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> * Declare the pda as a per cpu variable. This will move the pda area >>> to an address accessible by the x86_64 per cpu macros. >>>

Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86_64: Fold pda into per cpu area v3

2008-02-20 Thread Eric Dumazet
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:07:47 +0100 Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Mike Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > * Declare the pda as a per cpu variable. This will move the pda area > > to an address accessible by the x86_64 per cpu macros. > > Subtraction of

Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86_64: Fold pda into per cpu area v3

2008-02-20 Thread Eric Dumazet
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:07:47 +0100 Ingo Molnar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Mike Travis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Declare the pda as a per cpu variable. This will move the pda area to an address accessible by the x86_64 per cpu macros. Subtraction of __per_cpu_start will

Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86_64: Fold pda into per cpu area v3

2008-02-20 Thread Mike Travis
Eric Dumazet wrote: On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:07:47 +0100 Ingo Molnar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Mike Travis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Declare the pda as a per cpu variable. This will move the pda area to an address accessible by the x86_64 per cpu macros. Subtraction of

Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86_64: Fold pda into per cpu area v3

2008-02-20 Thread Mike Travis
Ingo Molnar wrote: * Mike Travis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Declare the pda as a per cpu variable. This will move the pda area to an address accessible by the x86_64 per cpu macros. Subtraction of __per_cpu_start will make the offset based from the beginning of the per cpu

[PATCH 1/2] x86_64: Fold pda into per cpu area v3

2008-02-19 Thread Mike Travis
* Declare the pda as a per cpu variable. This will move the pda area to an address accessible by the x86_64 per cpu macros. Subtraction of __per_cpu_start will make the offset based from the beginning of the per cpu area. Since %gs is pointing to the pda, it will then also

[PATCH 1/2] x86_64: Fold pda into per cpu area v3

2008-02-19 Thread Mike Travis
* Declare the pda as a per cpu variable. This will move the pda area to an address accessible by the x86_64 per cpu macros. Subtraction of __per_cpu_start will make the offset based from the beginning of the per cpu area. Since %gs is pointing to the pda, it will then also