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Figure 11-3. Example
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NPX
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Switching
When a program changes a descriptor that
is
shared with other processors, it should broadcast this fact
to
the other processors. This broadcasting can
be
done with
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for this interrupt must ensure that the segment registers, the LDTR and the TR, are re-Ioaded. This
happens automatically if the interrupt
is
serviced by a.task switch.
Modification of descriptors of shared segments in multi-processor systems
may
require that the on-chip
descriptors also
be
updated. For example,
one
processor may attempt
to
mark the descriptor of a shared
segment
as
not-present while another
is
using it. Software has
to
ensure that the descriptors
in
the
segment register caches are updated with the
new
information. The segment register caches can
be
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