Re: [PATCH] 2.3.11-5 Lazy TLB fixes/__switch_to bug

Ingo Molnar (mingo@redhat.com)
Tue, 20 Jul 1999 03:33:04 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Benjamin C.R. LaHaise wrote:

> out that __switch_to wasn't preserving prev in %eax -- fixed by returning
> prev from __switch_to. While I was at it, I made schedule_tail a FASTCALL

__switch_to doesnt have to preserve %eax. We preserve 'prev' by putting it
into %ebx (check out the switch_to() macro), and we reload prev from %ebx
afterwards. %ebx has to be callee-saved. A bit subtle i agree.

-- mingo

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