[PATCH v2 09/16] x86/compressed: avoid touching ECX in startup32_set_idt_entry()

From: Ard Biesheuvel
Date: Wed Sep 21 2022 - 10:55:56 EST


Avoid touching register %ecx in startup32_set_idt_entry(), by folding
the MOV, SHL and ORL instructions into a single ORL which no longer
requires a temp register.

This permits ECX to be used as a function argument in a subsequent
patch.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
index 90b119fbef58..3db7e4a634b0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
@@ -733,7 +733,6 @@ SYM_DATA_END_LABEL(boot32_idt, SYM_L_GLOBAL, boot32_idt_end)
*/
SYM_FUNC_START(startup32_set_idt_entry)
push %ebx
- push %ecx

/* IDT entry address to %ebx */
leal rva(boot32_idt)(%ebp), %ebx
@@ -742,10 +741,8 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup32_set_idt_entry)

/* Build IDT entry, lower 4 bytes */
movl %eax, %edx
- andl $0x0000ffff, %edx # Target code segment offset [15:0]
- movl $__KERNEL32_CS, %ecx # Target code segment selector
- shl $16, %ecx
- orl %ecx, %edx
+ andl $0x0000ffff, %edx # Target code segment offset [15:0]
+ orl $(__KERNEL32_CS << 16), %edx # Target code segment selector

/* Store lower 4 bytes to IDT */
movl %edx, (%ebx)
@@ -758,7 +755,6 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup32_set_idt_entry)
/* Store upper 4 bytes to IDT */
movl %edx, 4(%ebx)

- pop %ecx
pop %ebx
RET
SYM_FUNC_END(startup32_set_idt_entry)
--
2.35.1