xv6/swtch.S
2010-07-02 14:51:53 -04:00

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ArmAsm

# Context switch
#
# void swtch(struct context **old, struct context *new);
#
# Save current register context in old
# and then load register context from new.
.globl swtch
swtch:
movl 4(%esp), %eax
movl 8(%esp), %edx
# Save old callee-save registers
pushl %ebp
pushl %ebx
pushl %esi
pushl %edi
# Switch stacks
movl %esp, (%eax)
movl %edx, %esp
# Load new callee-save registers
popl %edi
popl %esi
popl %ebx
popl %ebp
ret
# Jump on a new stack, fake C calling conventions
.globl jstack
jstack:
movl 4(%esp), %esp
subl $16, %esp # space for arguments
movl $0, %ebp # terminate functions that follow ebp's
call mainc # continue at mainc