[PATCH 8/14] i386 / Add a per cpu gdt accessor

[hpa at zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 09:56:40PM -0700, zach@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>>Add an accessor function for getting the per-CPU gdt.  Callee must already
>>have the CPU.
> 
> 
> What is the accessor good for? 
> 
> It looks just like code obfuscation to me.

He wants accessors so he can override them in Xen.

	-hpa