Re: [PATCH] [2.5 i386] Swap TLS and TSS entries to improve spatial locality

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On 7 Aug 2002, Luca Barbieri wrote:

> GDT entries are usually accessed with this pattern:
> * Interrupt: read TSS (for ss0:esp0) and kernel CS/DS
> * Schedule: write TLS, LDT, load FS and GS (either TLS, user DS
> or LDT entry)
> * Return: read user CS/DS
>
> Swapping the TLS and TSS entries causes the GDT entries that are read
> during interrupt and schedule to be in the same cacheline.

yes, this makes perfect sense.

        Ingo

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