From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
To: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de,
x86@kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/27] Documentation: x86: convert entry_64.txt to reST
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 11:52:27 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190427115227.5d5fd333@coco.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190426153150.21228-7-changbin.du@gmail.com>
Em Fri, 26 Apr 2019 23:31:29 +0800
Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> escreveu:
> This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
> add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
> ---
> Documentation/x86/{entry_64.txt => entry_64.rst} | 12 +++++++++---
> Documentation/x86/index.rst | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> rename Documentation/x86/{entry_64.txt => entry_64.rst} (95%)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.rst
> similarity index 95%
> rename from Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
> rename to Documentation/x86/entry_64.rst
> index c1df8eba9dfd..a48b3f6ebbe8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.rst
> @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +==============
> +Kernel Entries
> +==============
> +
> This file documents some of the kernel entries in
> arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S. A lot of this explanation is adapted from
> an email from Ingo Molnar:
> @@ -59,7 +65,7 @@ Now, there's a secondary complication: there's a cheap way to test
> which mode the CPU is in and an expensive way.
>
> The cheap way is to pick this info off the entry frame on the kernel
> -stack, from the CS of the ptregs area of the kernel stack:
> +stack, from the CS of the ptregs area of the kernel stack::
>
> xorl %ebx,%ebx
> testl $3,CS+8(%rsp)
> @@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ stack, from the CS of the ptregs area of the kernel stack:
> SWAPGS
>
> The expensive (paranoid) way is to read back the MSR_GS_BASE value
> -(which is what SWAPGS modifies):
> +(which is what SWAPGS modifies)::
>
> movl $1,%ebx
> movl $MSR_GS_BASE,%ecx
> @@ -76,7 +82,7 @@ The expensive (paranoid) way is to read back the MSR_GS_BASE value
> js 1f /* negative -> in kernel */
> SWAPGS
> xorl %ebx,%ebx
> -1: ret
> + 1: ret
>
> If we are at an interrupt or user-trap/gate-alike boundary then we can
> use the faster check: the stack will be a reliable indicator of
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/index.rst b/Documentation/x86/index.rst
> index 489f4f4179c4..8a666c5abc85 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/index.rst
> @@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ Linux x86 Support
> topology
> exception-tables
> kernel-stacks
> + entry_64
Thanks,
Mauro
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-04-27 14:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-26 15:31 [PATCH 00/27] Include linux x86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 01/27] Documentation: add Linux x86 docs to " Changbin Du
2019-04-26 16:16 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-04-27 2:43 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 02/27] Documentation: x86: convert boot.txt to reST Changbin Du
2019-04-27 14:31 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02 6:59 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 03/27] Documentation: x86: convert topology.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 14:41 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 04/27] Documentation: x86: convert exception-tables.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 14:48 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02 3:19 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 05/27] Documentation: x86: convert kernel-stacks " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 14:50 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 06/27] Documentation: x86: convert entry_64.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 14:52 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab [this message]
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 07/27] Documentation: x86: convert earlyprintk.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:17 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02 3:27 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 08/27] Documentation: x86: convert zero-page.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:19 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 09/27] Documentation: x86: convert tlb.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:21 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 10/27] Documentation: x86: convert mtrr.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:32 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-27 18:10 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02 5:03 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 11/27] Documentation: x86: convert pat.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:51 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02 5:25 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 12/27] Documentation: x86: convert protection-keys.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:53 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 13/27] Documentation: x86: convert intel_mpx.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:54 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 14/27] Documentation: x86: convert amd-memory-encryption.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:55 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 15/27] Documentation: x86: convert pti.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:57 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 16/27] Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 17:58 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 17/27] Documentation: x86: convert resctrl_ui.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:09 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02 5:37 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 18/27] Documentation: x86: convert orc-unwinder.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:16 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 19/27] Documentation: x86: convert usb-legacy-support.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:20 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 20/27] Documentation: x86: convert i386/IO-APIC.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:24 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02 5:42 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 21/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/boot-options.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:30 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-02 5:49 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 22/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/uefi.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:31 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 23/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/mm.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:35 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 24/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/5level-paging.txt " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:36 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 25/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:38 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 26/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:40 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:31 ` [PATCH 27/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/machinecheck " Changbin Du
2019-04-27 18:42 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-26 15:39 ` [PATCH 00/27] Include linux x86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-04-27 2:47 ` Changbin Du
2019-04-27 9:54 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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