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    SubjectRe: Updated version of RD/WR FS/GS BASE patchkit
    > Maybe.  Are there better options?  Could we, for example, actually try
    > to preserve the state if this happens?

    We probably could, at the cost of making the context switch a bit
    more expensive.

    > Would it be worth it?

    I doubt it.

    I expect once WR*BASE is widely used noone will bother with selectors
    for 64bit programs anymore.

    -Andi

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