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On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 01:44:17 -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> This patch implements per-processor data areas by using %gs as the
> base segment of the per-processor memory.
This changes the ABI for signals and ptrace() and that seems like
a bad idea to me.
And the way things are done now is so ingrained into the i386
kernel that I'm not sure it can be done. E.g. I found two
open-coded implementations of current, one in kernel_fpu_begin()
and one in math_state_restore().
> - It also allows per-CPU data to be allocated as each CPU is brought
> up, rather than statically allocating it based on the maximum number
> of CPUs which could be brought up.
Can you describe what it is about the way things work now that
prevents dynamic allocation?
--
Chuck
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