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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S | 110 |
1 files changed, 68 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S b/arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S index a9c8cfe61cd4..db6aa95eb054 100644 --- a/arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S +++ b/arch/x86/lguest/i386_head.S @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ #include <asm/thread_info.h> #include <asm/processor-flags.h> -/*G:020 Our story starts with the kernel booting into startup_32 in +/*G:020 + * Our story starts with the kernel booting into startup_32 in * arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S. It expects a boot header, which is created by * the bootloader (the Launcher in our case). * @@ -21,11 +22,14 @@ * data without remembering to subtract __PAGE_OFFSET! * * The .section line puts this code in .init.text so it will be discarded after - * boot. */ + * boot. + */ .section .init.text, "ax", @progbits ENTRY(lguest_entry) - /* We make the "initialization" hypercall now to tell the Host about - * us, and also find out where it put our page tables. */ + /* + * We make the "initialization" hypercall now to tell the Host about + * us, and also find out where it put our page tables. + */ movl $LHCALL_LGUEST_INIT, %eax movl $lguest_data - __PAGE_OFFSET, %ebx .byte 0x0f,0x01,0xc1 /* KVM_HYPERCALL */ @@ -33,13 +37,14 @@ ENTRY(lguest_entry) /* Set up the initial stack so we can run C code. */ movl $(init_thread_union+THREAD_SIZE),%esp - /* Jumps are relative, and we're running __PAGE_OFFSET too low at the - * moment. */ + /* Jumps are relative: we're running __PAGE_OFFSET too low. */ jmp lguest_init+__PAGE_OFFSET -/*G:055 We create a macro which puts the assembler code between lgstart_ and - * lgend_ markers. These templates are put in the .text section: they can't be - * discarded after boot as we may need to patch modules, too. */ +/*G:055 + * We create a macro which puts the assembler code between lgstart_ and lgend_ + * markers. These templates are put in the .text section: they can't be + * discarded after boot as we may need to patch modules, too. + */ .text #define LGUEST_PATCH(name, insns...) \ lgstart_##name: insns; lgend_##name:; \ @@ -48,58 +53,74 @@ ENTRY(lguest_entry) LGUEST_PATCH(cli, movl $0, lguest_data+LGUEST_DATA_irq_enabled) LGUEST_PATCH(pushf, movl lguest_data+LGUEST_DATA_irq_enabled, %eax) -/*G:033 But using those wrappers is inefficient (we'll see why that doesn't - * matter for save_fl and irq_disable later). If we write our routines - * carefully in assembler, we can avoid clobbering any registers and avoid - * jumping through the wrapper functions. +/*G:033 + * But using those wrappers is inefficient (we'll see why that doesn't matter + * for save_fl and irq_disable later). If we write our routines carefully in + * assembler, we can avoid clobbering any registers and avoid jumping through + * the wrapper functions. * * I skipped over our first piece of assembler, but this one is worth studying - * in a bit more detail so I'll describe in easy stages. First, the routine - * to enable interrupts: */ + * in a bit more detail so I'll describe in easy stages. First, the routine to + * enable interrupts: + */ ENTRY(lg_irq_enable) - /* The reverse of irq_disable, this sets lguest_data.irq_enabled to - * X86_EFLAGS_IF (ie. "Interrupts enabled"). */ + /* + * The reverse of irq_disable, this sets lguest_data.irq_enabled to + * X86_EFLAGS_IF (ie. "Interrupts enabled"). + */ movl $X86_EFLAGS_IF, lguest_data+LGUEST_DATA_irq_enabled - /* But now we need to check if the Host wants to know: there might have + /* + * But now we need to check if the Host wants to know: there might have * been interrupts waiting to be delivered, in which case it will have * set lguest_data.irq_pending to X86_EFLAGS_IF. If it's not zero, we - * jump to send_interrupts, otherwise we're done. */ + * jump to send_interrupts, otherwise we're done. + */ testl $0, lguest_data+LGUEST_DATA_irq_pending jnz send_interrupts - /* One cool thing about x86 is that you can do many things without using + /* + * One cool thing about x86 is that you can do many things without using * a register. In this case, the normal path hasn't needed to save or - * restore any registers at all! */ + * restore any registers at all! + */ ret send_interrupts: - /* OK, now we need a register: eax is used for the hypercall number, + /* + * OK, now we need a register: eax is used for the hypercall number, * which is LHCALL_SEND_INTERRUPTS. * * We used not to bother with this pending detection at all, which was * much simpler. Sooner or later the Host would realize it had to * send us an interrupt. But that turns out to make performance 7 * times worse on a simple tcp benchmark. So now we do this the hard - * way. */ + * way. + */ pushl %eax movl $LHCALL_SEND_INTERRUPTS, %eax - /* This is a vmcall instruction (same thing that KVM uses). Older + /* + * This is a vmcall instruction (same thing that KVM uses). Older * assembler versions might not know the "vmcall" instruction, so we - * create one manually here. */ + * create one manually here. + */ .byte 0x0f,0x01,0xc1 /* KVM_HYPERCALL */ popl %eax ret -/* Finally, the "popf" or "restore flags" routine. The %eax register holds the +/* + * Finally, the "popf" or "restore flags" routine. The %eax register holds the * flags (in practice, either X86_EFLAGS_IF or 0): if it's X86_EFLAGS_IF we're - * enabling interrupts again, if it's 0 we're leaving them off. */ + * enabling interrupts again, if it's 0 we're leaving them off. + */ ENTRY(lg_restore_fl) /* This is just "lguest_data.irq_enabled = flags;" */ movl %eax, lguest_data+LGUEST_DATA_irq_enabled - /* Now, if the %eax value has enabled interrupts and + /* + * Now, if the %eax value has enabled interrupts and * lguest_data.irq_pending is set, we want to tell the Host so it can * deliver any outstanding interrupts. Fortunately, both values will * be X86_EFLAGS_IF (ie. 512) in that case, and the "testl" * instruction will AND them together for us. If both are set, we - * jump to send_interrupts. */ + * jump to send_interrupts. + */ testl lguest_data+LGUEST_DATA_irq_pending, %eax jnz send_interrupts /* Again, the normal path has used no extra registers. Clever, huh? */ @@ -109,22 +130,24 @@ ENTRY(lg_restore_fl) .global lguest_noirq_start .global lguest_noirq_end -/*M:004 When the Host reflects a trap or injects an interrupt into the Guest, - * it sets the eflags interrupt bit on the stack based on - * lguest_data.irq_enabled, so the Guest iret logic does the right thing when - * restoring it. However, when the Host sets the Guest up for direct traps, - * such as system calls, the processor is the one to push eflags onto the - * stack, and the interrupt bit will be 1 (in reality, interrupts are always - * enabled in the Guest). +/*M:004 + * When the Host reflects a trap or injects an interrupt into the Guest, it + * sets the eflags interrupt bit on the stack based on lguest_data.irq_enabled, + * so the Guest iret logic does the right thing when restoring it. However, + * when the Host sets the Guest up for direct traps, such as system calls, the + * processor is the one to push eflags onto the stack, and the interrupt bit + * will be 1 (in reality, interrupts are always enabled in the Guest). * * This turns out to be harmless: the only trap which should happen under Linux * with interrupts disabled is Page Fault (due to our lazy mapping of vmalloc * regions), which has to be reflected through the Host anyway. If another * trap *does* go off when interrupts are disabled, the Guest will panic, and - * we'll never get to this iret! :*/ + * we'll never get to this iret! +:*/ -/*G:045 There is one final paravirt_op that the Guest implements, and glancing - * at it you can see why I left it to last. It's *cool*! It's in *assembler*! +/*G:045 + * There is one final paravirt_op that the Guest implements, and glancing at it + * you can see why I left it to last. It's *cool*! It's in *assembler*! * * The "iret" instruction is used to return from an interrupt or trap. The * stack looks like this: @@ -148,15 +171,18 @@ ENTRY(lg_restore_fl) * return to userspace or wherever. Our solution to this is to surround the * code with lguest_noirq_start: and lguest_noirq_end: labels. We tell the * Host that it is *never* to interrupt us there, even if interrupts seem to be - * enabled. */ + * enabled. + */ ENTRY(lguest_iret) pushl %eax movl 12(%esp), %eax lguest_noirq_start: - /* Note the %ss: segment prefix here. Normal data accesses use the + /* + * Note the %ss: segment prefix here. Normal data accesses use the * "ds" segment, but that will have already been restored for whatever * we're returning to (such as userspace): we can't trust it. The %ss: - * prefix makes sure we use the stack segment, which is still valid. */ + * prefix makes sure we use the stack segment, which is still valid. + */ movl %eax,%ss:lguest_data+LGUEST_DATA_irq_enabled popl %eax iret |
