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DateWed, 08 Aug 2007 22:21:11 -0700
FromJeremy Fitzhardinge <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 18/25] [PATCH] turn priviled operations into macros in entry.S
Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 	/*
> 	 * x86 arch doesn't have an easy way to find out where
> 	 * gs is located. So we need to read the MSR. But first
> 	 * we need to save off the rcx, rax and rdx.
> 
Why don't you store it in gs?  movq %gs:my_gs_base, %rax?

    J
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