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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/x86/x86_64')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt | 2 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks index a01eec5d1d0b..e3c8a49d1a2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks @@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ An IST is selected by a non-zero value in the IST field of an interrupt-gate descriptor. When an interrupt occurs and the hardware loads such a descriptor, the hardware automatically sets the new stack pointer based on the IST value, then invokes the interrupt handler. If -software wants to allow nested IST interrupts then the handler must -adjust the IST values on entry to and exit from the interrupt handler. -(This is occasionally done, e.g. for debug exceptions.) +the interrupt came from user mode, then the interrupt handler prologue +will switch back to the per-thread stack. If software wants to allow +nested IST interrupts then the handler must adjust the IST values on +entry to and exit from the interrupt handler. (This is occasionally +done, e.g. for debug exceptions.) Events with different IST codes (i.e. with different stacks) can be nested. For example, a debug interrupt can safely be interrupted by an diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt index 052ee643a32e..05712ac83e38 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ ffffc90000000000 - ffffe8ffffffffff (=45 bits) vmalloc/ioremap space ffffe90000000000 - ffffe9ffffffffff (=40 bits) hole ffffea0000000000 - ffffeaffffffffff (=40 bits) virtual memory map (1TB) ... unused hole ... +ffffec0000000000 - fffffc0000000000 (=44 bits) kasan shadow memory (16TB) +... unused hole ... ffffff0000000000 - ffffff7fffffffff (=39 bits) %esp fixup stacks ... unused hole ... ffffffff80000000 - ffffffffa0000000 (=512 MB) kernel text mapping, from phys 0 |
