From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/paravirt for v2.6.33
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:54:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B1FF27E.8030701@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0912091039050.3560@localhost.localdomain>
On 12/09/2009 10:47 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> NOTE NOTE NOTE! Totally untested. Is the second argument even in %edx? I
> don't remember, I didn't check, I'm just throwing this out as a "hey,
> maybe something _like_ this can work" patch, and will be immediately
> removing it from my machine after sending this email.
>
The second argument is in %edx, but unlike 64 bits, it is not loaded
into that register a priory ("asmlinkage" means arguments are on the stack.)
As such, we need something looking like:
#define PTREGSCALL0(name) \
ptregs_##name: \
leal 4(%esp),%eax; \
jmp sys_##name
#define PTREGSCALL1(name) \
ptregs_##name: \
movl 4(%esp),%eax; \
leal 4(%esp),%edx; \
jmp sys_##name
#define PTREGSCALL2(name) \
ptregs_##name: \
movl 4(%esp),%eax; \
movl 8(%esp),%edx; \
leal 4(%esp),%ecx; \
jmp sys_##name
If we need more than two arguments + pt_regs, then we have to set up a
temporary stack frame.
[Sorry, I'm sitting in a meeting so I can't actually write up a real patch]
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-09 18:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-03 21:09 [GIT PULL] x86/paravirt for v2.6.33 Ingo Molnar
2009-12-08 21:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-09 7:36 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-09 18:19 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-12-09 18:31 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-12-09 18:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-09 18:54 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2009-12-09 19:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-09 19:25 ` Brian Gerst
2009-12-09 19:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-12-09 19:32 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-12-09 20:05 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-12-09 18:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-12-09 18:18 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-12-09 21:58 ` Linus Torvalds
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-12-09 18:29 H. Peter Anvin
2009-12-09 18:38 ` Linus Torvalds
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