linux/arch/x86
Brian Gerst 8ec6993d9f x86, 64-bit: Set data segments to null after switching to 64-bit mode
This prevents kernel threads from inheriting non-null segment
selectors, and causing optimizations in __switch_to() to be
ineffective.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Tim Blechmann <tim@klingt.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>
LKML-Reference: <1259165856-3512-1-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-11-26 10:44:30 +01:00
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boot x86: convert compressed loader to use __HEAD and HEAD_TEXT macros. 2009-09-18 10:21:49 -07:00
configs tracing: Rename FTRACE_SYSCALLS for tracepoints 2009-08-26 00:17:35 +02:00
crypto Merge branch 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-09-14 07:57:32 -07:00
ia32 perf: Do the big rename: Performance Counters -> Performance Events 2009-09-21 14:28:04 +02:00
include/asm x86: Clean up the loadsegment() macro 2009-11-26 10:38:52 +01:00
kernel x86, 64-bit: Set data segments to null after switching to 64-bit mode 2009-11-26 10:44:30 +01:00
kvm Merge branch 'kvm-updates/2.6.32' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm 2009-09-14 17:43:43 -07:00
lguest lguest: move panic notifier registration to its expected place. 2009-09-23 22:26:44 +09:30
lib x86: Add missing might_fault() checks to copy_{to,from}_user() 2009-11-16 16:09:52 +01:00
math-emu
mm x86, 64-bit: Move K8 B step iret fixup to fault entry asm 2009-10-12 18:29:46 +02:00
oprofile perf: Do the big rename: Performance Counters -> Performance Events 2009-09-21 14:28:04 +02:00
pci Merge branch 'sfi-base' into release 2009-09-19 00:37:13 -04:00
power x86: Remove final bits of CONFIG_X86_OLD_MCE 2009-09-18 08:31:23 +02:00
vdso time: Introduce CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE 2009-08-21 21:43:46 +02:00
video
xen Merge branch 'bugfix' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen into x86/urgent 2009-09-23 14:35:10 +02:00
Kbuild
Kconfig Merge git://git.infradead.org/iommu-2.6 2009-09-23 10:06:10 -07:00
Kconfig.cpu x86: add specific support for Intel Atom architecture 2009-08-23 11:20:02 +02:00
Kconfig.debug x86: Don't use the strict copy checks when branch profiling is in use 2009-10-12 22:29:51 +02:00
Makefile Merge branch 'x86-kbuild-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-09-14 07:59:07 -07:00
Makefile_32.cpu x86: add specific support for Intel Atom architecture 2009-08-23 11:20:02 +02:00