Question about set_intr_gate_ist()

Question about set_intr_gate_ist()

[jidong xiao]

Hi,
  I know there is set_intr_gate(n,addr) which is used to insert an
interrupt gate in the n th IDT entry. But I don't know what the usage
of set_intr_gate_ist()?

  Take the code below for example,
static inline void set_intr_gate_ist(int nr, void *func, unsigned ist)
{
	BUG_ON((unsigned)nr > 0xFF);
	_set_gate(&idt_table[nr], GATE_INTERRUPT, (unsigned long) func, 0, ist);
}
  What does "ist" mean?
  In particular, note that this function is used only in x86_64 arch.
Can anyone explain this for me, thanks.

localhost:/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.1 # grep -r set_intr_gate_ist *
arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c:     set_intr_gate_ist(1,&debug,DEBUG_STACK);
arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c:     set_intr_gate_ist(2,&nmi,NMI_STACK);
arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c:     set_intr_gate_ist(8,&double_fault,
DOUBLEFAULT_STACK);
arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c:
set_intr_gate_ist(12,&stack_segment,STACKFAULT_STACK);
arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c:     set_intr_gate_ist(18,&machine_check, MCE_STACK);
include/asm-x86_64/desc.h:static inline void set_intr_gate_ist(int nr,
void *func, unsigned ist)


Regards
Jason

Re: Question about set_intr_gate_ist()

[Rene Herman]

On 21-01-08 07:23, jidong xiao wrote:

>   I know there is set_intr_gate(n,addr) which is used to insert an
> interrupt gate in the n th IDT entry. But I don't know what the usage
> of set_intr_gate_ist()?

The same, while setting the "Interrupt STack" field of the descriptor to 
"ist". This field is a 64-bit only field, implementing a hardware stack 
switch. Look for it in the AMD64 docs.

Rene.