Re: [RFC, patch] i386: vgetcpu(), take 2

[Andi Kleen]

Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Use a GDT entry's limit field to store per-cpu data for fast access
> from userspace, and provide a vsyscall to access the current CPU
> number stored there.

Just the CPU alone is useless - you want at least the node too in many
cases. Best you use the prototype I proposed earlier for x86-64.

-Andi
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