aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index cf3a0b2d0059..25bb3f9b2552 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -667,6 +667,13 @@ END(stub_rt_sigreturn)
SAVE_ARGS
leaq -ARGOFFSET(%rsp),%rdi # arg1 for handler
pushq %rbp
+ /*
+ * Save rbp twice: One is for marking the stack frame, as usual, and the
+ * other, to fill pt_regs properly. This is because bx comes right
+ * before the last saved register in that structure, and not bp. If the
+ * base pointer were in the place bx is today, this would not be needed.
+ */
+ movq %rbp, -8(%rsp)
CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 8
CFI_REL_OFFSET rbp, 0
movq %rsp,%rbp