[PATCH] i386: Convert PDA into the percpu section

Currently x86 (similar to x84-64) has a special per-cpu structure
called "i386_pda" which can be easily and efficiently referenced via
the %fs register.  An ELF section is more flexible than a structure,
allowing any piece of code to use this area.  Indeed, such a section
already exists: the per-cpu area.

So this patch:
(1) Removes the PDA and uses per-cpu variables for each current member.
(2) Replaces the __KERNEL_PDA segment with __KERNEL_PERCPU.
(3) Creates a per-cpu mirror of __per_cpu_offset called this_cpu_off, which
    can be used to calculate addresses for this CPU's variables.
(4) Simplifies startup, because %fs doesn't need to be loaded with a
    special segment at early boot; it can be deferred until the first
    percpu area is allocated (or never for UP).

The result is less code and one less x86-specific concept.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 99 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-i386/pda.h b/include/asm-i386/pda.h
deleted file mode 100644
index aef7f732f77e..000000000000
--- a/include/asm-i386/pda.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-/*
-   Per-processor Data Areas
-   Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> 2006
-   Based on asm-x86_64/pda.h by Andi Kleen.
- */
-#ifndef _I386_PDA_H
-#define _I386_PDA_H
-
-#include <linux/stddef.h>
-#include <linux/types.h>
-#include <asm/percpu.h>
-
-struct i386_pda
-{
-	struct i386_pda *_pda;		/* pointer to self */
-
-	int cpu_number;
-	struct task_struct *pcurrent;	/* current process */
-	struct pt_regs *irq_regs;
-};
-
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct i386_pda, _cpu_pda);
-#define cpu_pda(i)	(&per_cpu(_cpu_pda, (i)))
-#define pda_offset(field) offsetof(struct i386_pda, field)
-
-extern void __bad_pda_field(void);
-
-/* This variable is never instantiated.  It is only used as a stand-in
-   for the real per-cpu PDA memory, so that gcc can understand what
-   memory operations the inline asms() below are performing.  This
-   eliminates the need to make the asms volatile or have memory
-   clobbers, so gcc can readily analyse them. */
-extern struct i386_pda _proxy_pda;
-
-#define pda_to_op(op,field,val)						\
-	do {								\
-		typedef typeof(_proxy_pda.field) T__;			\
-		if (0) { T__ tmp__; tmp__ = (val); }			\
-		switch (sizeof(_proxy_pda.field)) {			\
-		case 1:							\
-			asm(op "b %1,%%fs:%c2"				\
-			    : "+m" (_proxy_pda.field)			\
-			    :"ri" ((T__)val),				\
-			     "i"(pda_offset(field)));			\
-			break;						\
-		case 2:							\
-			asm(op "w %1,%%fs:%c2"				\
-			    : "+m" (_proxy_pda.field)			\
-			    :"ri" ((T__)val),				\
-			     "i"(pda_offset(field)));			\
-			break;						\
-		case 4:							\
-			asm(op "l %1,%%fs:%c2"				\
-			    : "+m" (_proxy_pda.field)			\
-			    :"ri" ((T__)val),				\
-			     "i"(pda_offset(field)));			\
-			break;						\
-		default: __bad_pda_field();				\
-		}							\
-	} while (0)
-
-#define pda_from_op(op,field)						\
-	({								\
-		typeof(_proxy_pda.field) ret__;				\
-		switch (sizeof(_proxy_pda.field)) {			\
-		case 1:							\
-			asm(op "b %%fs:%c1,%0"				\
-			    : "=r" (ret__)				\
-			    : "i" (pda_offset(field)),			\
-			      "m" (_proxy_pda.field));			\
-			break;						\
-		case 2:							\
-			asm(op "w %%fs:%c1,%0"				\
-			    : "=r" (ret__)				\
-			    : "i" (pda_offset(field)),			\
-			      "m" (_proxy_pda.field));			\
-			break;						\
-		case 4:							\
-			asm(op "l %%fs:%c1,%0"				\
-			    : "=r" (ret__)				\
-			    : "i" (pda_offset(field)),			\
-			      "m" (_proxy_pda.field));			\
-			break;						\
-		default: __bad_pda_field();				\
-		}							\
-		ret__; })
-
-/* Return a pointer to a pda field */
-#define pda_addr(field)							\
-	((typeof(_proxy_pda.field) *)((unsigned char *)read_pda(_pda) + \
-				      pda_offset(field)))
-
-#define read_pda(field) pda_from_op("mov",field)
-#define write_pda(field,val) pda_to_op("mov",field,val)
-#define add_pda(field,val) pda_to_op("add",field,val)
-#define sub_pda(field,val) pda_to_op("sub",field,val)
-#define or_pda(field,val) pda_to_op("or",field,val)
-
-#endif	/* _I386_PDA_H */