[PATCH 1/2] x86_32, asm: Improve a TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING comment and long asm line

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Thu Apr 02 2015 - 15:41:58 EST


From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

At Denys' request, clean up the comment describing stack padding in
the 32-bit sysenter path. This also fixes a long line of asm. No
code changes.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
index 4c8cc34e6d68..438d19389f67 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -395,10 +395,14 @@ sysenter_past_esp:
/*CFI_REL_OFFSET cs, 0*/
/*
* Push current_thread_info()->sysenter_return to the stack.
- * A tiny bit of offset fixup is necessary - 4*4 means the 4 words
- * pushed above; +8 corresponds to copy_thread's esp0 setting.
+ * A tiny bit of offset fixup is necessary: TI_sysenter_return
+ * is relative to thread_info, which is at the bottom of the
+ * kernel stack page. 4*4 means the 4 words pushed above;
+ * TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING takes us to the top of the stack;
+ * and THREAD_SIZE takes us to the bottom.
*/
- pushl_cfi ((TI_sysenter_return)-THREAD_SIZE+TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING+4*4)(%esp)
+ pushl_cfi ((TI_sysenter_return) - THREAD_SIZE + \
+ TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING + 4*4)(%esp)
CFI_REL_OFFSET eip, 0

pushl_cfi %eax
--
2.3.0

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