[PATCH] x86: Apm is on cpu zero only
authorZachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Fri, 6 Jan 2006 08:11:58 +0000 (00:11 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Fri, 6 Jan 2006 16:33:35 +0000 (08:33 -0800)
APM BIOS code has a protective wrapper that runs it only on CPU zero.  Thus,
no need to set APM BIOS segments in the GDT for other CPUs.

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Acked-by: "Seth, Rohit" <rohit.seth@intel.com>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/i386/kernel/apm.c

index 45199bb6455b4fd5b0d6bbc213b93f432971ac76..d0b488056cc45d9d93206fd2114a27733df747d4 100644 (file)
@@ -2222,8 +2222,8 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata apm_dmi_table[] = {
 static int __init apm_init(void)
 {
        struct proc_dir_entry *apm_proc;
+       struct desc_struct *gdt;
        int ret;
-       int i;
 
        dmi_check_system(apm_dmi_table);
 
@@ -2314,18 +2314,17 @@ static int __init apm_init(void)
         * not restrict themselves to their claimed limit.  When this happens,
         * they will cause a segmentation violation in the kernel at boot time.
         * Most BIOS's, however, will respect a 64k limit, so we use that.
+        *
+        * Note we only set APM segments on CPU zero, since we pin the APM
+        * code to that CPU.
         */
-       for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
-               struct desc_struct *gdt = get_cpu_gdt_table(i);
-               if (!gdt)
-                       continue;
-               set_base(gdt[APM_CS >> 3],
-                        __va((unsigned long)apm_info.bios.cseg << 4));
-               set_base(gdt[APM_CS_16 >> 3],
-                        __va((unsigned long)apm_info.bios.cseg_16 << 4));
-               set_base(gdt[APM_DS >> 3],
-                        __va((unsigned long)apm_info.bios.dseg << 4));
-       }
+       gdt = get_cpu_gdt_table(0);
+       set_base(gdt[APM_CS >> 3],
+                __va((unsigned long)apm_info.bios.cseg << 4));
+       set_base(gdt[APM_CS_16 >> 3],
+                __va((unsigned long)apm_info.bios.cseg_16 << 4));
+       set_base(gdt[APM_DS >> 3],
+                __va((unsigned long)apm_info.bios.dseg << 4));
 
        apm_proc = create_proc_info_entry("apm", 0, NULL, apm_get_info);
        if (apm_proc)