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SubjectRe: FOR REVIEW: New x86-64 vsyscall vgetcpu()
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Zoltan Menyhart wrote:

> Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> Zoltan Menyhart wrote:
>>
>> > Just to make sure I understand it correctly...
>> > Assuming I have allocated per CPU data (numa control, etc.) pointed at
>> > by:
>>
>>
>> I think you misunderstood - vgetcpu is for userland usage, not within
>> the kernel.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jes
>>
> I did understand it as a user land stuff.
> This is why I want to map the current task structure into the user space.
> In user code, we could see the actual value of the
> "current->thread_info.cpu".
> My "#define current ((struct task_struct *) 0x...)" is not the same as
> the kernel's one.

I think it's probably best to leave most of the stuff in task_struct
private (ie, mapped in kernel only).

> Thanks,
>
> Zoltan

Thanks,
Chase
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