Re: [RFC 00/15] x86_64: Optimize percpu accesses

[Christoph Lameter]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Christoph Lameter wrote:
>> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>
>>> No, since the *addresses* can be arbitrary.  The current issue is about
>>> *offsets.*
>>
>> Well those are intimately connected.
> 
> Not really, since gs_base is an arbitrary 64-bit pointer.

The current scheme ties the offsets to kernel code addresses.


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