x86/segments/64: Rename the GDT PER_CPU entry to CPU_NUMBER
authorChang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 23:08:57 +0000 (16:08 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Mon, 8 Oct 2018 08:41:10 +0000 (10:41 +0200)
commitc4755613a1339ea77dbb15de75c9f74217209265
treefc7b090af6ae081c5c6faec8d175a246581fa130
parentf4550b52e495e1b634d1f2c1004bcea5dc3321ea
x86/segments/64: Rename the GDT PER_CPU entry to CPU_NUMBER

The old 'per CPU' naming was misleading: 64-bit kernels don't use this
GDT entry for per CPU data, but to store the CPU (and node) ID.

[ mingo: Wrote new changelog. ]

Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Markus T Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ravi Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1537312139-5580-7-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c
arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h
arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h