2005-01-05 23:24:54

by Arun Sharma

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Subject: [PATCH] Remove unnecessary #GP after flush_thread()

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--- linux-2.6.10/arch/i386/kernel/process.c- 2005-01-05 15:15:25.469541136 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.10/arch/i386/kernel/process.c 2005-01-05 15:15:26.939317696 -0800
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@
{
struct task_struct *tsk = current;

+ __asm__("movl %0,%%gs": :"r" (0));
memset(tsk->thread.debugreg, 0, sizeof(unsigned long)*8);
memset(tsk->thread.tls_array, 0, sizeof(tsk->thread.tls_array));
/*

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Attachments:

flush_thread_gp.patch (393.00 B)