Chang S. Bae
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GSBASE is used to find per-CPU data in the kernel. But when GSBASE is unknown, the per-CPU base can be found from the per_cpu_offset table with a CPU NR. The CPU NR is extracted from the limit field of the CPUNODE entry in GDT, or by the RDPID instruction. This is a prerequisite for using FSGSBASE in the low level entry code. Also, add the GAS-compatible RDPID macro as binutils 2.21 do not support it. Support is added in version 2.27. [ tglx: Massaged changelog ] Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Ravi Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1557309753-24073-12-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@intel.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.