Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:54:53 -0700 | From | Chris Wright <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 8/14] i386 / Add a per cpu gdt accessor |
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* H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com) wrote: > Chris Wright wrote: > >* Zwane Mwaikambo (zwane@arm.linux.org.uk) wrote: > >>On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 zach@vmware.com wrote: > >>>Add an accessor function for getting the per-CPU gdt. Callee must > >>>already > >>>have the CPU. > >> > >>This one seems superfluous to me, does accessing it indirectly generate > >>better code too? > > > >It's prepratory for other work. > > I am assuming it has no change on the code, right? (If it does, > something is wrong...)
That's correct, should be no change.
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