Re: [PATCH 5/6] Begin abstraction of sensitive instructions: asm files

From: Chuck Ebbert
Date: Fri Jul 21 2006 - 23:26:30 EST


In-Reply-To:<1153527274.13699.36.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 10:14:34 +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
>
> Abstract sensitive instructions in assembler code, replacing them with
> macros (which currently are #defined to the native versions). We use
> long names: assembler is case-insensitive, so if something goes wrong
> and macros do not expand, it would assemble anyway.
...
> --- working-2.6.18-rc2-hg-paravirt.orig/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S 2006-07-21 21:09:22.000000000 +1000
> +++ working-2.6.18-rc2-hg-paravirt/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S 2006-07-22 04:32:25.000000000 +1000
> @@ -76,8 +76,15 @@
> NT_MASK = 0x00004000
> VM_MASK = 0x00020000
>
> +/* These are replaces for paravirtualization */
> +#define DISABLE_INTERRUPTS cli
> +#define ENABLE_INTERRUPTS sti
> +#define ENABLE_INTERRUPTS_SYSEXIT sti; sysexit
> +#define INTERRUPT_RETURN iret
> +#define GET_CR0 movl %cr0, %eax
> +

Could you change GET_CR0 to MOV_CR0_EAX? GET_CR0 seems like it's
taking a reference or something.

--
Chuck
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy, we call it Riding the Gravy Train.
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