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    x86: Keep thread_info on thread stack in x86_32 · 198d208d
    Steven Rostedt authored
    
    
    x86_64 uses a per_cpu variable kernel_stack to always point to
    the thread stack of current. This is where the thread_info is stored
    and is accessed from this location even when the irq or exception stack
    is in use. This removes the complexity of having to maintain the
    thread info on the stack when interrupts are running and having to
    copy the preempt_count and other fields to the interrupt stack.
    
    x86_32 uses the old method of copying the thread_info from the thread
    stack to the exception stack just before executing the exception.
    
    Having the two different requires #ifdefs and also the x86_32 way
    is a bit of a pain to maintain. By converting x86_32 to the same
    method of x86_64, we can remove #ifdefs, clean up the x86_32 code
    a little, and remove the overhead of the copy.
    
    Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110806012354.263834829@goodmis.org
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140206144321.852942014@goodmis.org
    
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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