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

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Thu Jul 10 2008 - 12:46:43 EST


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.

-hpa
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