Re: Updated version of RD/WR FS/GS BASE patchkit

[Andi Kleen]

> Maybe.  Are there better options?  Could we, for example, actually try
> to preserve the state if this happens? 

We probably could, at the cost of making the context switch a bit 
more expensive.

> Would it be worth it?

I doubt it.

I expect once WR*BASE is widely used noone will bother with selectors
for 64bit programs anymore.

-Andi