Re: [PATCH 8/14] i386 / Add a per cpu gdt accessor

[H. Peter Anvin]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 09:56:40PM -0700, zach@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Add an accessor function for getting the per-CPU gdt.  Callee must already
> > have the CPU.
>
>
> What is the accessor good for? 
>
> It looks just like code obfuscation to me.

He wants accessors so he can override them in Xen.

	-hpa

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