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xen64: add pvop for swapgs
authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 22:07:01 +0000 (15:07 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:02:46 +0000 (11:02 +0200)
commit952d1d7055c8cbf95b4ad2f90be5ed37db8a48ee
tree8f3f3951c85aa3ecf8d450587990a4bbe348f7bf
parent997409d3d0bd6894f33e31ced251c0fdf523aa14
xen64: add pvop for swapgs

swapgs is a no-op under Xen, because the hypervisor makes sure the
right version of %gs is current when switching between user and kernel
modes.  This means that the swapgs "implementation" can be inlined and
used when the stack is unsafe (usermode).  Unfortunately, it means
that disabling patching will result in a non-booting kernel...

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Cc: Stephen Tweedie <sct@redhat.com>
Cc: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Cc: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c