x86: clear GS at boot for x86_64
On Intel processors, if GS is not zero and is being set to
zero, GS_BASE is also being set to zero. This would interfere
with the actual use of GS_BASE for usespace. To avoid accidentally
clearing GS_BASE, simply set GS to 0 at boot, so any subsequent
clearing of GS will not clear GS_BASE.
The clearing of GS_BASE was discovered while trying to figure out
why the mem_protect test would hang within 10-20 repeated runs.
GDB revealed that both GS and GS_BASE was set to zero when the tests
hanged. After setting GS to zero at boot, the mem_protect tests
were running repeated for 5,000+ times without hanging.
Signed-off-by:
Daniel Leung <daniel.leung@intel.com>
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