Re: [RFT] final cur of tr based current for -ac8

Benjamin LaHaise (bcrl@redhat.com)
Sat, 10 Nov 2001 19:39:36 -0500


On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 09:54:48AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> I am still unhappy with that NMI code. The NMI handler can use generic
> code including printk, the generic code will use the standard
> get_current. Why does nmi.c not do set_current(hard_get_current());

It can in the current version, but that's generally wrong. The current
dependancy is that hard_get_current() only really needs to be used during
early boot before the TR register is set. Once that's done, the code can
use smp_processor_id() anywhere.

-ben

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