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author | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2007-10-25 01:02:50 -0400 |
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committer | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2007-10-25 01:02:50 -0400 |
commit | e1e72965ec2c02db99b415cd06c17ea90767e3a4 (patch) | |
tree | 94e43aac35bdc33220e64f285b72b3b2b787fd57 /include/asm-x86 | |
parent | 568a17ffce2eeceae0cd9fc37e97cbad12f70278 (diff) |
lguest: documentation update
Went through the documentation doing typo and content fixes. This
patch contains only comment and whitespace changes.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-x86')
-rw-r--r-- | include/asm-x86/lguest_hcall.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/lguest_hcall.h b/include/asm-x86/lguest_hcall.h index f948491eb56a..9c5092b6aa9f 100644 --- a/include/asm-x86/lguest_hcall.h +++ b/include/asm-x86/lguest_hcall.h | |||
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@ | |||
18 | #define LHCALL_LOAD_TLS 16 | 18 | #define LHCALL_LOAD_TLS 16 |
19 | #define LHCALL_NOTIFY 17 | 19 | #define LHCALL_NOTIFY 17 |
20 | 20 | ||
21 | #define LGUEST_TRAP_ENTRY 0x1F | ||
22 | |||
23 | #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ | ||
24 | #include <asm/hw_irq.h> | ||
25 | |||
21 | /*G:031 First, how does our Guest contact the Host to ask for privileged | 26 | /*G:031 First, how does our Guest contact the Host to ask for privileged |
22 | * operations? There are two ways: the direct way is to make a "hypercall", | 27 | * operations? There are two ways: the direct way is to make a "hypercall", |
23 | * to make requests of the Host Itself. | 28 | * to make requests of the Host Itself. |
24 | * | 29 | * |
25 | * Our hypercall mechanism uses the highest unused trap code (traps 32 and | 30 | * Our hypercall mechanism uses the highest unused trap code (traps 32 and |
26 | * above are used by real hardware interrupts). Seventeen hypercalls are | 31 | * above are used by real hardware interrupts). Fifteen hypercalls are |
27 | * available: the hypercall number is put in the %eax register, and the | 32 | * available: the hypercall number is put in the %eax register, and the |
28 | * arguments (when required) are placed in %edx, %ebx and %ecx. If a return | 33 | * arguments (when required) are placed in %edx, %ebx and %ecx. If a return |
29 | * value makes sense, it's returned in %eax. | 34 | * value makes sense, it's returned in %eax. |
@@ -31,20 +36,15 @@ | |||
31 | * Grossly invalid calls result in Sudden Death at the hands of the vengeful | 36 | * Grossly invalid calls result in Sudden Death at the hands of the vengeful |
32 | * Host, rather than returning failure. This reflects Winston Churchill's | 37 | * Host, rather than returning failure. This reflects Winston Churchill's |
33 | * definition of a gentleman: "someone who is only rude intentionally". */ | 38 | * definition of a gentleman: "someone who is only rude intentionally". */ |
34 | #define LGUEST_TRAP_ENTRY 0x1F | ||
35 | |||
36 | #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ | ||
37 | #include <asm/hw_irq.h> | ||
38 | |||
39 | static inline unsigned long | 39 | static inline unsigned long |
40 | hcall(unsigned long call, | 40 | hcall(unsigned long call, |
41 | unsigned long arg1, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3) | 41 | unsigned long arg1, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3) |
42 | { | 42 | { |
43 | /* "int" is the Intel instruction to trigger a trap. */ | 43 | /* "int" is the Intel instruction to trigger a trap. */ |
44 | asm volatile("int $" __stringify(LGUEST_TRAP_ENTRY) | 44 | asm volatile("int $" __stringify(LGUEST_TRAP_ENTRY) |
45 | /* The call is in %eax (aka "a"), and can be replaced */ | 45 | /* The call in %eax (aka "a") might be overwritten */ |
46 | : "=a"(call) | 46 | : "=a"(call) |
47 | /* The other arguments are in %eax, %edx, %ebx & %ecx */ | 47 | /* The arguments are in %eax, %edx, %ebx & %ecx */ |
48 | : "a"(call), "d"(arg1), "b"(arg2), "c"(arg3) | 48 | : "a"(call), "d"(arg1), "b"(arg2), "c"(arg3) |
49 | /* "memory" means this might write somewhere in memory. | 49 | /* "memory" means this might write somewhere in memory. |
50 | * This isn't true for all calls, but it's safe to tell | 50 | * This isn't true for all calls, but it's safe to tell |