linux/include/asm-i386/ptrace.h
Jeremy Fitzhardinge f95d47caae [PATCH] i386: Use %gs as the PDA base-segment in the kernel
This patch is the meat of the PDA change.  This patch makes several related
changes:

1: Most significantly, %gs is now used in the kernel.  This means that on
   entry, the old value of %gs is saved away, and it is reloaded with
   __KERNEL_PDA.

2: entry.S constructs the stack in the shape of struct pt_regs, and this
   is passed around the kernel so that the process's saved register
   state can be accessed.

   Unfortunately struct pt_regs doesn't currently have space for %gs
   (or %fs). This patch extends pt_regs to add space for gs (no space
   is allocated for %fs, since it won't be used, and it would just
   complicate the code in entry.S to work around the space).

3: Because %gs is now saved on the stack like %ds, %es and the integer
   registers, there are a number of places where it no longer needs to
   be handled specially; namely context switch, and saving/restoring the
   register state in a signal context.

4: And since kernel threads run in kernel space and call normal kernel
   code, they need to be created with their %gs == __KERNEL_PDA.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Cc: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
2006-12-07 02:14:02 +01:00

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#ifndef _I386_PTRACE_H
#define _I386_PTRACE_H
#include <asm/ptrace-abi.h>
/* this struct defines the way the registers are stored on the
stack during a system call. */
struct pt_regs {
long ebx;
long ecx;
long edx;
long esi;
long edi;
long ebp;
long eax;
int xds;
int xes;
/* int xfs; */
int xgs;
long orig_eax;
long eip;
int xcs;
long eflags;
long esp;
int xss;
};
#ifdef __KERNEL__
#include <asm/vm86.h>
#include <asm/segment.h>
struct task_struct;
extern void send_sigtrap(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs, int error_code);
/*
* user_mode_vm(regs) determines whether a register set came from user mode.
* This is true if V8086 mode was enabled OR if the register set was from
* protected mode with RPL-3 CS value. This tricky test checks that with
* one comparison. Many places in the kernel can bypass this full check
* if they have already ruled out V8086 mode, so user_mode(regs) can be used.
*/
static inline int user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
return (regs->xcs & SEGMENT_RPL_MASK) == USER_RPL;
}
static inline int user_mode_vm(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
return ((regs->xcs & SEGMENT_RPL_MASK) | (regs->eflags & VM_MASK)) >= USER_RPL;
}
#define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->eip)
#define regs_return_value(regs) ((regs)->eax)
extern unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs);
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif