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Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 19:39:36 -0500
From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
To: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFT] final cur of tr based current for -ac8
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On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 09:54:48AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> I am still unhappy with that NMI code.  The NMI handler can use generic
> code including printk, the generic code will use the standard
> get_current.  Why does nmi.c not do set_current(hard_get_current());

It can in the current version, but that's generally wrong.  The current 
dependancy is that hard_get_current() only really needs to be used during 
early boot before the TR register is set.  Once that's done, the code can 
use smp_processor_id() anywhere.

		-ben
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Fish.
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