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git-mirror · Oct 19, 2007 · 7f928a2 · 7f928a2
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diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: af93ebc0b3ed8cdf93a6ed4bc1fab548f8059d0a
+refs/heads/master: 7778887880d278c23dc0975210df0381c878ae1e
diff --git a/trunk/arch/i386/Makefile b/trunk/arch/i386/Makefile
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ core-$(CONFIG_XEN)		+= arch/x86/xen/
 # default subarch .h files
 mflags-y += -Iinclude/asm-x86/mach-default
 
-head-y := arch/x86/kernel/head_32.o arch/x86/kernel/init_task_32.o
+head-y := arch/x86/kernel/head_32.o arch/x86/kernel/init_task.o
 
 libs-y 					+= arch/x86/lib/
 core-y					+= arch/x86/kernel/ \

diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_32 b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_32
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Makefile for the linux kernel.
 #
 
-extra-y := head_32.o init_task_32.o vmlinux.lds
+extra-y := head_32.o init_task.o vmlinux.lds
 
 obj-y	:= process_32.o signal_32.o entry_32.o traps_32.o irq_32.o \
 		ptrace_32.o time_32.o ioport_32.o ldt_32.o setup_32.o i8259_32.o sys_i386_32.o \

diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64 b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Makefile for the linux kernel.
 #
 
-extra-y 	:= head_64.o head64.o init_task_64.o vmlinux.lds
+extra-y 	:= head_64.o head64.o init_task.o vmlinux.lds
 EXTRA_AFLAGS	:= -traditional
 obj-y	:= process_64.o signal_64.o entry_64.o traps_64.o irq_64.o \
 		ptrace_64.o time_64.o ioport_64.o ldt_64.o setup_64.o i8259_64.o sys_x86_64.o \

diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/init_task_32.c → trunk/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/init_task_32.c → trunk/arch/x86/kernel/init_task.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ static struct files_struct init_files = INIT_FILES;
 static struct signal_struct init_signals = INIT_SIGNALS(init_signals);
 static struct sighand_struct init_sighand = INIT_SIGHAND(init_sighand);
 struct mm_struct init_mm = INIT_MM(init_mm);
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_mm);
 
 /*
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_mm);
  * way process stacks are handled. This is done by having a special
  * "init_task" linker map entry..
  */
-union thread_union init_thread_union 
+union thread_union init_thread_union
 	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
 		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };
 
@@ -35,12 +34,14 @@ union thread_union init_thread_union
  * All other task structs will be allocated on slabs in fork.c
  */
 struct task_struct init_task = INIT_TASK(init_task);
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_task);
 
 /*
  * per-CPU TSS segments. Threads are completely 'soft' on Linux,
- * no more per-task TSS's.
- */ 
+ * no more per-task TSS's. The TSS size is kept cacheline-aligned
+ * so they are allowed to end up in the .data.cacheline_aligned
+ * section. Since TSS's are completely CPU-local, we want them
+ * on exact cacheline boundaries, to eliminate cacheline ping-pong.
+ */
 DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct tss_struct, init_tss) = INIT_TSS;
 
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/init_task_64.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/init_task_64.c
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/setup64.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/setup64.c
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ void __cpuinit check_efer(void)
 
 unsigned long kernel_eflags;
 
+/*
+ * Copies of the original ist values from the tss are only accessed during
+ * debugging, no special alignment required.
+ */
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct orig_ist, orig_ist);
+
 /*
  * cpu_init() initializes state that is per-CPU. Some data is already
  * initialized (naturally) in the bootstrap process, such as the GDT

diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86_64/Makefile b/trunk/arch/x86_64/Makefile
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y)
 CFLAGS_KERNEL += $(cflags-kernel-y)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += -m64
 
-head-y := arch/x86/kernel/head_64.o arch/x86/kernel/head64.o arch/x86/kernel/init_task_64.o
+head-y := arch/x86/kernel/head_64.o arch/x86/kernel/head64.o arch/x86/kernel/init_task.o
 
 libs-y 					+= arch/x86/lib/
 core-y					+= arch/x86/kernel/ \