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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2009-04-01 18:08:28 -0700
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2009-04-09 16:08:11 -0700
commit7a734e7dd93b9aea08ed51036a9a0e2c9dfd8dac (patch)
tree222c2ce27f583cccd4c8e7fb14903870b36a2b45 /arch/x86/boot/bioscall.S
parent62b8e680e61d3f48f2a12ee248ca03ea8f376926 (diff)
downloadlinux-7a734e7dd93b9aea08ed51036a9a0e2c9dfd8dac.tar.bz2
x86, setup: "glove box" BIOS calls -- infrastructure
Impact: new interfaces (not yet used) For all the platforms out there, there is an infinite number of buggy BIOSes. This adds infrastructure to treat BIOS interrupts more like toxic waste and "glove box" them -- we switch out the register set, perform the BIOS interrupt, and then restore the previous state. LKML-Reference: <49DE7F79.4030106@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
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+/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation; author H. Peter Anvin
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Linux kernel, and is made available under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or (at your
+ * option) any later version; incorporated herein by reference.
+ *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/*
+ * "Glove box" for BIOS calls. Avoids the constant problems with BIOSes
+ * touching memory they shouldn't be.
+ */
+
+ .code16
+ .text
+ .globl intcall
+ .type intcall, @function
+intcall:
+ /* Self-modify the INT instruction. Ugly, but works. */
+ cmpb %al, 3f
+ je 1f
+ movb %al, 3f
+ jmp 1f /* Synchronize pipeline */
+1:
+ /* Save state */
+ pushfl
+ pushw %fs
+ pushw %gs
+ pushal
+
+ /* Copy input state to stack frame */
+ subw $44, %sp
+ movw %dx, %si
+ movw %sp, %di
+ movw $11, %cx
+ rep; movsd
+
+ /* Pop full state from the stack */
+ popal
+ popw %gs
+ popw %fs
+ popw %es
+ popw %ds
+ popfl
+
+ /* Actual INT */
+ .byte 0xcd /* INT opcode */
+3: .byte 0
+
+ /* Push full state to the stack */
+ pushfl
+ pushw %ds
+ pushw %es
+ pushw %fs
+ pushw %gs
+ pushal
+
+ /* Re-establish C environment invariants */
+ cld
+ movzwl %sp, %esp
+ movw %cs, %ax
+ movw %ax, %ds
+ movw %ax, %es
+
+ /* Copy output state from stack frame */
+ movw 68(%esp), %di /* Original %cx == 3rd argument */
+ andw %di, %di
+ jz 4f
+ movw %sp, %si
+ movw $11, %cx
+ rep; movsd
+4: addw $44, %sp
+
+ /* Restore state and return */
+ popal
+ popw %gs
+ popw %fs
+ popfl
+ retl
+ .size intcall, .-intcall