Re: [PATCH 5/7] cleanup: Rename cpu_gdt_descr and remove extern declaration from smpboot.c

Rusty Russell wrote:

When I implemented the DECLARE_PER_CPU(var) macros, I was careful that
people couldn't use "var" in a non-percpu context, by prepending
percpu__.  I never considered that this would allow them to overload
the same name for a per-cpu and a non-percpu variable.

It is only one of many horrors in the i386 boot code, but let's rename
the non-perpcu cpu_gdt_descr to early_gdt_descr (not boot_gdt_descr,
that's something else...)

Finally, someone not just noticed, but fixed it! Thank you Rusty. Was on my todo list, but never bubbled up.

Acked-by: Zachary Amsden <[email protected]>
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• References:
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    • From: Rusty Russell <[email protected]>
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    • From: Rusty Russell <[email protected]>
  • [PATCH 4/7] cleanup: Move mce_disabled to asm/mce.h
    • From: Rusty Russell <[email protected]>
  • [PATCH 5/7] cleanup: Rename cpu_gdt_descr and remove extern declaration from smpboot.c
    • From: Rusty Russell <[email protected]>

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