[PATCH 3/8] x86,vdso: Change the PER_CPU segment to use struct desc_struct

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Tue Sep 23 2014 - 13:52:45 EST


This makes it easier to see what's going on. It produces exactly
the same segment descriptor as the old code.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/vdso/vma.c | 19 ++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
index a155dca5edb5..261b1349acc9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ __setup("vdso=", vdso_setup);
*/
static void vsyscall_set_cpu(int cpu)
{
- unsigned long d;
+ struct desc_struct d;
unsigned long node = 0;
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
node = cpu_to_node(cpu);
@@ -257,13 +257,18 @@ static void vsyscall_set_cpu(int cpu)
write_rdtscp_aux((node << 12) | cpu);

/*
- * Store cpu number in limit so that it can be loaded quickly
- * in user space in vgetcpu. (12 bits for the CPU and 8 bits for the node)
+ * Store cpu number in limit so that it can be loaded
+ * quickly in user space in vgetcpu. (12 bits for the CPU
+ * and 8 bits for the node)
*/
- d = 0x0f40000000000ULL;
- d |= cpu;
- d |= (node & 0xf) << 12;
- d |= (node >> 4) << 48;
+ d = (struct desc_struct) {
+ .limit0 = cpu | ((node & 0xf) << 12),
+ .limit = node >> 4,
+ .type = 4, /* RO data, expand down */
+ .dpl = 3, /* Visible to user code */
+ .s = 1, /* Not a system segment */
+ .p = 1, /* Present */
+ };

write_gdt_entry(get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu), GDT_ENTRY_PER_CPU, &d, DESCTYPE_S);
}
--
1.9.3

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