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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c b/drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c index 3d9830322646..bd0091bf79ec 100644 --- a/drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c +++ b/drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c @@ -231,6 +231,20 @@ static int direct_trap(const struct lguest *lg, * go direct, of course 8) */ return idt_type(trap->a, trap->b) == 0xF; } +/*:*/ + +/*M:005 The Guest has the ability to turn its interrupt gates into trap gates, + * if it is careful. The Host will let trap gates can go directly to the + * Guest, but the Guest needs the interrupts atomically disabled for an + * interrupt gate. It can do this by pointing the trap gate at instructions + * within noirq_start and noirq_end, where it can safely disable interrupts. */ + +/*M:006 The Guests do not use the sysenter (fast system call) instruction, + * because it's hardcoded to enter privilege level 0 and so can't go direct. + * It's about twice as fast as the older "int 0x80" system call, so it might + * still be worthwhile to handle it in the Switcher and lcall down to the + * Guest. The sysenter semantics are hairy tho: search for that keyword in + * entry.S :*/ /*H:260 When we make traps go directly into the Guest, we need to make sure * the kernel stack is valid (ie. mapped in the page tables). Otherwise, the |