Re: [PATCH v6 13/76] x86/boot/compressed/64: Add IDT Infrastructure

[Arvind Sankar]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 02:12:26PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> Hi Arvind,
> 
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 11:26:57AM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 10:54:08AM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> > > +	pushq	%rsi
> > > +	call	load_stage1_idt
> > > +	popq	%rsi
> > > +
> > 
> > Do we need the functions later in the series or could this just use lidt
> > directly?
> 
> The function also sets up the actual IDT entries in the table before
> doing the lidt, so this needs to be a call to a C function. Setting up
> IDT entries in assembly does not result in readable code.
> 

Ah ok, I missed that in the later patches.

Thanks.