source: libcfa/src/concurrency/CtxSwitch-i386.S @ 7e89526

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// CtxSwitch-i386.S --
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// Author           : Thierry Delisle
// Created On       : Tue Dec 6 12:27:26 2016
// Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
// Last Modified On : Fri Jul 21 22:29:25 2017
// Update Count     : 1
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// This context switch routine depends on the fact that the stack of a new
// thread has been set up to look like the thread has saved its context in
// the normal manner.
//
// void CtxSwitch( machine_context *from, machine_context *to );

// Offsets in the context structure. This needs to be synchronized with the
// high level code a little better.

#define PTR_BYTE        4
#define SP_OFFSET       ( 0 * PTR_BYTE )
#define FP_OFFSET       ( 1 * PTR_BYTE )
#define PC_OFFSET       ( 2 * PTR_BYTE )

        .text
        .align 2
        .globl CtxSwitch
        .type  CtxSwitch, @function
CtxSwitch:

        // Copy the "from" context argument from the stack to register eax
        // Return address is at 0(%esp), with parameters following

        movl 4(%esp),%eax

        // Save volatile registers on the stack.

        pushl %ebx
        pushl %edi
        pushl %esi

        // Save old context in the "from" area.

        movl %esp,SP_OFFSET(%eax)
        movl %ebp,FP_OFFSET(%eax)

        // Copy the "to" context argument from the stack to register eax
        // Having pushed three words (= 12 bytes) on the stack, the
        // argument is now at 8 + 12 = 20(%esp)

        movl 28(%esp),%eax

        // Load new context from the "to" area.

        movl SP_OFFSET(%eax),%esp
        movl FP_OFFSET(%eax),%ebp

        // Load volatile registers from the stack.

        popl %esi
        popl %edi
        popl %ebx

        // Return to thread.

        ret
        .size  CtxSwitch, .-CtxSwitch

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