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Listing 2. Using Shared GDT Entries

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#define set_shared_tss_desc(addr,cpu)\
_set_tssldt_desc(gdt_table+
   SHARED_TSS_ENTRY+2*cpu,(int)addr,235,0x89);
#define set_shared_ldt_desc(addr,size,cpu)\
_set_tssldt_desc(gdt_table+SHARED_LDT_ENTRY+2*cpu,
   (int)addr,((size<<3)-1),0x82);
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void __switch_to(task_struct *prev,
   task_struct *next){
...
if(next->tss.tr <= 0x0000ffff)
{
      //original code here
} else {
      set_shared_tss_desc(&next->tss),
         smp_processor_id());
   set_shared_ldt_desc(&next->mm->segments,
      LDT_ENTRIES,smp_processor_id());
}
//set LDTR and TR
...
}
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