x86, 64-bit: Set data segments to null after switching to 64-bit mode

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This prevents kernel threads from inheriting non-null segment
selectors, and causing optimizations in __switch_to() to be
ineffective.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Tim Blechmann <tim@klingt.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>
LKML-Reference: <1259165856-3512-1-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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Brian Gerst 2009-11-25 11:17:36 -05:00 • committed by Ingo Molnar

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