x86, 64-bit: Set data segments to null after switching to 64-bit mode
authorBrian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:17:36 +0000 (11:17 -0500)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:44:30 +0000 (10:44 +0100)
commit8ec6993d9f7d961014af970ded57542961fe9ad9
tree62f5eb8402c4cdda753161541f8106c29953d325
parent64b028b22616946a05bf9580f7f7f7ee2ac070b4
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>
arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S