From b478458aeebfc55fe409abec43794ac72a623c79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Beulich Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 15:44:39 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] x86: avoid re-loading LDT in unrelated address spaces Performance optimization. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c index 0224c3637c73..21f2bae98c15 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c @@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ #include #ifdef CONFIG_SMP -static void flush_ldt(void *null) +static void flush_ldt(void *current_mm) { - if (current->active_mm) + if (current->active_mm == current_mm) load_LDT(¤t->active_mm->context); } #endif @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static int alloc_ldt(mm_context_t *pc, int mincount, int reload) load_LDT(pc); mask = cpumask_of_cpu(smp_processor_id()); if (!cpus_equal(current->mm->cpu_vm_mask, mask)) - smp_call_function(flush_ldt, NULL, 1, 1); + smp_call_function(flush_ldt, current->mm, 1, 1); preempt_enable(); #else load_LDT(pc); -- 2.30.2