x86: use linker to offset symbols by __per_cpu_load
authorBrian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Sun, 8 Feb 2009 14:58:39 +0000 (09:58 -0500)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Mon, 9 Feb 2009 09:30:30 +0000 (10:30 +0100)
Impact: cleanup and bug fix

Use the linker to create symbols for certain per-cpu variables
that are offset by __per_cpu_load.  This allows the removal of
the runtime fixup of the GDT pointer, which fixes a bug with
resume reported by Jiri Slaby.

Reported-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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