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From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: jbeulich@novell.com, patches@x86-64.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [34/58] x86_64: ia32entry adjustments
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:46:58 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <469F7962.6020108@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070719095520.2124414E06@wotan.suse.de>

Andi Kleen wrote:
> From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com>
> Consolidate the three 32-bit system call entry points so that they all
> treat registers in similar ways.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
> 
>  arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S |    5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S
> +++ linux/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S
> @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ ENTRY(ia32_sysenter_target)
>  	pushq	%rax
>  	CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 8
>  	cld
> -	SAVE_ARGS 0,0,0
> +	SAVE_ARGS 0,0,1
>   	/* no need to do an access_ok check here because rbp has been
>   	   32bit zero extended */ 
>  1:	movl	(%rbp),%r9d
> @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ ia32_badarg:
>   */ 				
>  
>  ENTRY(ia32_syscall)
> -	CFI_STARTPROC	simple
> +	CFI_STARTPROC32	simple
>  	CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME
>  	CFI_DEF_CFA	rsp,SS+8-RIP
>  	/*CFI_REL_OFFSET	ss,SS-RIP*/
> @@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ ia32_sysret:
>  
>  ia32_tracesys:			 
>  	SAVE_REST
> +	CLEAR_RREGS
>  	movq $-ENOSYS,RAX(%rsp)	/* really needed? */
>  	movq %rsp,%rdi        /* &pt_regs -> arg1 */
>  	call syscall_trace_enter

More comments and/or a less vague patch description would be nice.

What registers?  What behavior is being made common?  Why?

	Jeff



  reply	other threads:[~2007-07-19 14:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 119+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-19  9:54 [PATCH] [0/58] First batch of x86 patches for .23 Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [1/58] x86: Always flush pages in change_page_attr Andi Kleen
2007-08-06 10:15   ` [patches] " Jan Beulich
2007-08-06 10:36     ` Andi Kleen
2007-08-06 10:49       ` Jan Beulich
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [2/58] x86_64: Tell gcc to only align stack to 8 bytes Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 11:50   ` Serge Belyshev
2007-07-19 12:06     ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 14:42   ` Chuck Ebbert
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [3/58] x86_64: asm/ptrace.h needs linux/compiler.h Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [4/58] x86_64: Don't rely on a unique IO-APIC ID Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [5/58] x86_64: Report the pending irq if available in smp_affinity Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 10:23   ` Ingo Molnar
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [6/58] x86_64: Use LOCAL_DISTANCE and REMOTE_DISTANCE in x86_64 ACPI code Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [7/58] x86_64: various cleanups in NUMA scan node Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 17:15   ` Yinghai Lu
2007-07-19 17:21     ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 17:38       ` Yinghai Lu
2007-07-19 20:00         ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 21:01     ` David Rientjes
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [8/58] x86_64: Use string instruction memcpy/memset on AMD Fam10 Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 16:43   ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-07-19 17:00     ` Yinghai Lu
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [9/58] x86_64: Always use builtin memcpy on gcc 4.3 Andi Kleen
2007-07-21 23:16   ` Oleg Verych
2007-07-21 23:27     ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-22  0:29     ` Denis Vlasenko
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [10/58] i386: Move all simple string operations out of line Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [11/58] x86: Support __attribute__((__cold__)) in gcc 4.3 Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [12/58] x86_64: Add vDSO for x86-64 with gettimeofday/clock_gettime/getcpu Andi Kleen
2007-08-21 16:25   ` Daniel Walker
2007-08-21 18:45     ` Andi Kleen
2007-08-21 18:40       ` Andrew Morton
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [13/58] x86: Separate checking of unsynchronized and unstable TSC Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [14/58] x86_64: Add on_cpu_single Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 11:09   ` Satyam Sharma
2007-07-19 12:07     ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:54 ` [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 16:51   ` Daniel Walker
2007-07-19 17:13     ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 17:15       ` Daniel Walker
2007-07-19 17:22         ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 17:31           ` Daniel Walker
2007-07-19 17:38             ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 17:43               ` Daniel Walker
2007-07-19 18:00                 ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 18:00                   ` Daniel Walker
2007-07-20  3:11     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2007-07-20  3:47       ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2007-07-20  4:18         ` [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock (cmpxchg8b) Mathieu Desnoyers
2007-07-20  5:07           ` Nick Piggin
2007-07-20  5:47             ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2007-07-20  8:27       ` [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock Andi Kleen
2007-07-20 14:12         ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2007-07-20 14:39           ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2007-07-20 15:14           ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-20 15:22             ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2007-07-20 16:49             ` [PATCH] 80386 and 80486 cmpxchg64 and cmpxchg64_local fallback Mathieu Desnoyers
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [16/58] x86_64: Use new shared sched_clock in x86-64 too Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [17/58] i386: Add L3 cache support to AMD CPUID4 emulation Andi Kleen
2007-07-20 17:00   ` [patches] " Andreas Herrmann
2007-07-20 17:15   ` Andreas Herrmann
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [18/58] x86_64: remove extra extern declaring about dmi_ioremap Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [19/58] x86_64: Don't use softirq save locks in smp_call_function Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 12:16   ` Satyam Sharma
2007-07-19 12:19     ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [20/58] x86: Always probe the NMI watchdog Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 10:24   ` Björn Steinbrink
2007-07-19 10:42     ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [21/58] i386: Reserve the right performance counter for the Intel PerfMon " Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 10:21   ` Björn Steinbrink
2007-07-19 10:45     ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [22/58] x86_64: hpet tsc calibration fix broken smi detection logic Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [23/58] i386: remove pit_interrupt_hook Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [24/58] x86_64: Untangle asm/hpet.h from asm/timex.h Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [25/58] x86_64: use generic cmos update Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [26/58] x86_64: Use generic xtime init Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [27/58] x86_64: Remove dead code and other janitor work in tsc.c Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [28/58] x86_64: Fix APIC typo Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [29/58] x86_64: fiuxp pt_reqs leftovers Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [30/58] x86: share hpet.h with i386 Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [31/58] x86_64: apic.c coding style janitor work Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [32/58] x86_64: time.c white space wreckage cleanup Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [33/58] x86_64: Avoid too many remote cpu references due to /proc/stat Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 10:21   ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-07-19 10:41     ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 10:55       ` Adrian Bunk
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [34/58] x86_64: ia32entry adjustments Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 14:46   ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-08-06 10:43     ` Jan Beulich
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [35/58] i386: allow debuggers to access the vsyscall page with compat vDSO Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [36/58] x86_64: minor exception trace variables cleanup Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [37/58] x86_64: remove unused variable maxcpus Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [38/58] i386: smp-alt-once option is only useful with HOTPLUG_CPU Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [39/58] i386: minor nx handling adjustment Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [40/58] i386: remapped_pgdat_init() static Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [41/58] i386: arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c should #include <asm/timer.h> Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [42/58] i386: timer_irq_works() static again Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [43/58] x86_64: Quicklist support for x86_64 Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [44/58] x86_64: extract helper function from e820_register_active_regions Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [45/58] x86_64: fake pxm-to-node mapping for fake numa Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [46/58] x86_64: fake apicid_to_node " Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [47/58] i386: insert unclaimed MMCONFIG resources Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [48/58] x86_64: O_EXCL on /dev/mcelog Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [49/58] x86_64: support poll() " Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [50/58] x86_64: mcelog tolerant level cleanup Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [51/58] i386: fix machine rebooting Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [52/58] i386: fix section mismatch warnings in mtrr Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [53/58] x86: PM_TRACE support Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [54/58] x86: Make Alt-SysRq-p display the debug register contents Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [55/58] i386: add reference to the arguments Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [56/58] x86: round_jiffies() for i386 and x86-64 non-critical/corrected MCE polling Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [57/58] x86_64: check remote IRR bit before migrating level triggered irq Andi Kleen
2007-07-19  9:55 ` [PATCH] [58/58] x86: remove support for the Rise CPU Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 10:45   ` Alan Cox
2007-07-19 10:48     ` Adrian Bunk
2007-07-19 11:13       ` Alan Cox
2007-07-19 12:03         ` Andi Kleen
2007-07-19 14:56           ` Jeff Garzik

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