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From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
To: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Linux Containers <containers-qjLDD68F18O7TbgM5vRIOg@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-cr] x86-32 and ia32 eclone, checkpoint, restart fixes
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:38:49 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100123023849.GA12398@us.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100123003447.GA5285-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

Serge E. Hallyn [serue-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org] wrote:
| Eclone on x86-32 should use esi for 4th arg (upids), not
| edi, which is 5th arg.  This will require a corresponding fix

Good catch and nice debug.

| to user-cr, but (a) it's correct and (b) it's required so that
| IA32_ARG_FIXUP can put upids in the right register for
| process_64.c:sys_eclone().  IA32_ARG_FIXUP will (of course) put
| edi into r8, the 5th arg.
| 
| Add the ptregs_syscall stubs for eclone, checkpoint, and restart
| for 32-bit api on x86-64.
| 
| With this patch (and proper user-cr), checkpoint and eclone work
| on x86-32, x86-64, and in 32-bit mode on x86-64.  (restart has not
| yet been tested)
| 
| Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>


Reviewed-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>

      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-01-23  2:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-23  0:34 [PATCH linux-cr] x86-32 and ia32 eclone, checkpoint, restart fixes Serge E. Hallyn
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2010-01-23  2:38   ` Sukadev Bhattiprolu [this message]

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