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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S | 61 |
1 files changed, 60 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S index 7b3ec24ede82..286efa342091 100644 --- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S +++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S @@ -307,6 +307,38 @@ ENTRY(xen_sysenter_target) jmp sysenter_past_esp #endif +/* + * 32-bit SYSENTER entry. + * + * 32-bit system calls through the vDSO's __kernel_vsyscall enter here + * if X86_FEATURE_SEP is available. This is the preferred system call + * entry on 32-bit systems. + * + * The SYSENTER instruction, in principle, should *only* occur in the + * vDSO. In practice, a small number of Android devices were shipped + * with a copy of Bionic that inlined a SYSENTER instruction. This + * never happened in any of Google's Bionic versions -- it only happened + * in a narrow range of Intel-provided versions. + * + * SYSENTER loads SS, ESP, CS, and EIP from previously programmed MSRs. + * IF and VM in RFLAGS are cleared (IOW: interrupts are off). + * SYSENTER does not save anything on the stack, + * and does not save old EIP (!!!), ESP, or EFLAGS. + * + * To avoid losing track of EFLAGS.VM (and thus potentially corrupting + * user and/or vm86 state), we explicitly disable the SYSENTER + * instruction in vm86 mode by reprogramming the MSRs. + * + * Arguments: + * eax system call number + * ebx arg1 + * ecx arg2 + * edx arg3 + * esi arg4 + * edi arg5 + * ebp user stack + * 0(%ebp) arg6 + */ ENTRY(entry_SYSENTER_32) movl TSS_sysenter_sp0(%esp), %esp sysenter_past_esp: @@ -397,7 +429,34 @@ sysenter_past_esp: GLOBAL(__end_SYSENTER_singlestep_region) ENDPROC(entry_SYSENTER_32) - # system call handler stub +/* + * 32-bit legacy system call entry. + * + * 32-bit x86 Linux system calls traditionally used the INT $0x80 + * instruction. INT $0x80 lands here. + * + * This entry point can be used by any 32-bit perform system calls. + * Instances of INT $0x80 can be found inline in various programs and + * libraries. It is also used by the vDSO's __kernel_vsyscall + * fallback for hardware that doesn't support a faster entry method. + * Restarted 32-bit system calls also fall back to INT $0x80 + * regardless of what instruction was originally used to do the system + * call. (64-bit programs can use INT $0x80 as well, but they can + * only run on 64-bit kernels and therefore land in + * entry_INT80_compat.) + * + * This is considered a slow path. It is not used by most libc + * implementations on modern hardware except during process startup. + * + * Arguments: + * eax system call number + * ebx arg1 + * ecx arg2 + * edx arg3 + * esi arg4 + * edi arg5 + * ebp arg6 + */ ENTRY(entry_INT80_32) ASM_CLAC pushl %eax /* pt_regs->orig_ax */ |