tools/testing/selftests/x86/thunks_32.S

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/tools/testing/selftests/x86/thunks_32.S

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
tools/testing/selftests/x86/thunks_32.S
Extension
.S
Size
882 bytes
Lines
50
Domain
Support Tooling And Documentation
Bucket
tools
Inferred role
Support Tooling And Documentation: tools
Status
atlas-only

Why This File Exists

Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.

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.text
	.code32

	.global call64_from_32
	.type call32_from_64, @function

	// 4(%esp): function to call
call64_from_32:
	// Fetch function address
	mov	4(%esp), %eax

	// Save registers which are callee-clobbered by 64-bit ABI
	push	%ecx
	push	%edx
	push	%esi
	push	%edi

	// Switch to long mode
	jmp	$0x33,$1f
1:	.code64

	// Call the function
	call	*%rax

	// Switch to compatibility mode
	push	$0x23  /* USER32_CS */
	.code32; push $1f; .code64 /* hack: can't have X86_64_32S relocation in 32-bit ELF */
	lretq
1:	.code32

	pop	%edi
	pop	%esi
	pop	%edx
	pop	%ecx

	ret

.size call64_from_32, .-call64_from_32

.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits

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