[PATCH] i386: Convert PDA into the percpu section

Currently x86 (similar to x84-64) has a special per-cpu structure
called "i386_pda" which can be easily and efficiently referenced via
the %fs register.  An ELF section is more flexible than a structure,
allowing any piece of code to use this area.  Indeed, such a section
already exists: the per-cpu area.

So this patch:
(1) Removes the PDA and uses per-cpu variables for each current member.
(2) Replaces the __KERNEL_PDA segment with __KERNEL_PERCPU.
(3) Creates a per-cpu mirror of __per_cpu_offset called this_cpu_off, which
    can be used to calculate addresses for this CPU's variables.
(4) Simplifies startup, because %fs doesn't need to be loaded with a
    special segment at early boot; it can be deferred until the first
    percpu area is allocated (or never for UP).

The result is less code and one less x86-specific concept.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index d558adfc293c..b05e85fd1c1e 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
 #include <asm/elf.h>
-#include <asm/pda.h>
 
 #define DEFINE(sym, val) \
         asm volatile("\n->" #sym " %0 " #val : : "i" (val))
@@ -101,10 +100,6 @@ void foo(void)
 
 	OFFSET(crypto_tfm_ctx_offset, crypto_tfm, __crt_ctx);
 
-	BLANK();
- 	OFFSET(PDA_cpu, i386_pda, cpu_number);
-	OFFSET(PDA_pcurrent, i386_pda, pcurrent);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
 	BLANK();
 	OFFSET(PARAVIRT_enabled, paravirt_ops, paravirt_enabled);