Re: [PATCH for review] [127/145] i386: movekernel_thread_helper into entry.S
From: Jan Beulich
Date: Fri Aug 11 2006 - 04:30:02 EST
>And add proper CFI annotation to it which was previously
>impossible. This prevents "stuck" messages by the dwarf2 unwinder
>when reaching the top of a kernel stack.
>+ENTRY(kernel_thread_helper)
>+ CFI_STARTPROC
>+ movl %edx,%eax
>+ CFI_REGISTER edx,eax
This is pointless, as %eax will be clobbered by the callee of the
subsequent call.
>+ push %edx
>+ CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
>+ CFI_REL_OFFSET edx,0
This likewise is pointless, as the argument is owned by the callee.
>+ call *%ebx
>+ push %eax
>+ CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
>+ CFI_REL_OFFSET eax,0
And this too - the value now in %eax has no relation with the
value known by the caller of this routine (which doesn't expect
any return from here anyway).
>+ call do_exit
>+ CFI_ENDPROC
>+ENDPROC(kernel_thread_helper)
Jan
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