file arch/x86...current.h, definition of per_cpu objects
alex ben
aleben358 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 28 02:47:02 EDT 2012
As I understand, the macro current in x86 expands to a function
returning the value in current_task, which is defind for each cpu (is
it?), and the segment register %fs points to a descriptor with a base
address of the offset per-cpu, for (this? all?) per-cpu objects..
So, basically we are reading the object current_task + the offset
contained in the base of the percpu (27th in the GDT) segment..
Could somebody elaborate? thanks
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