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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c index 15b3f45b69cd..82826f2275cc 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c @@ -46,9 +46,14 @@ void foo(void) OFFSET(saved_context_gdt_desc, saved_context, gdt_desc); BLANK(); - /* Offset from the entry stack to task stack stored in TSS */ + /* + * Offset from the entry stack to task stack stored in TSS. Kernel entry + * happens on the per-cpu entry-stack, and the asm code switches to the + * task-stack pointer stored in x86_tss.sp1, which is a copy of + * task->thread.sp0 where entry code can find it. + */ DEFINE(TSS_entry2task_stack, - offsetof(struct cpu_entry_area, tss.x86_tss.sp0) - + offsetof(struct cpu_entry_area, tss.x86_tss.sp1) - offsetofend(struct cpu_entry_area, entry_stack_page.stack)); #ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR |