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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/8] Use per-cpu variables for GDT, PDA
Rusty Russell wrote:
> Allocating PDA and GDT at boot is a pain. Using simple per-cpu
> variables adds happiness (although we need the GDT page-aligned for
> Xen, see later).
>

Not just Xen. Apparently it leads to general goodness.

> Finally, we can simply call it "cpu_gdt" rather than enduring the
> superfluous and unnecessarily redundant tautology of "cpu_gdt_table".
>

Ah, well, at least it isn't excessive.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>

J
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