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DateWed, 30 Nov 2005 14:02:16 +0100
FromAndi Kleen <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/9] x86-64 put current in r10
On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 11:21:18PM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> Hello Andi,
> 
> The following emails contain the patches to convert x86-64 to store current 
> in r10 (also at http://www.kvack.org/~bcrl/patches/v2.6.15-rc3/).  This 
> provides a significant amount of code savings (~43KB) over the current 
> use of the per cpu data area.  I also tested using r15, but that generated 
> code that was larger than that generated with r10.  This code seems to be 
> working well for me now (it stands up to 32 and 64 bit processes and ptrace 
> users) and would be a good candidate for further exposure.

Looks good thanks. It will need longer testing though.

-Andi
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