On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:41:18 +0200, Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >* david mosberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Also, should this be called prefetch_stack() or perhaps even just >> prefetch_task()? Not every architecture defines a switch_stack >> structure. > >yeah. I'd too suggest to call it prefetch_stack(), and not make it a >macro & hook but something defined on all arches, with for now only ia64 >having any real code in the inline function. > >i'm wondering, is the switch_stack at the same/similar place as >next->thread_info? If yes then we could simply do a >prefetch(next->thread_info).
No, they can be up to 30K apart. See include/asm-ia64/ptrace.h. thread_info is at ~0xda0, depending on the config. The switch_stack can be as high as 0x7bd0 in the kernel stack, depending on why the task is sleeping. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html