Zachary Amsden wrote:
> Add 5-argument handling for paravirt ops patching of PAE functions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> diff -r dbe11208916f include/asm-i386/paravirt.h
> --- a/include/asm-i386/paravirt.h Thu Apr 19 11:40:55 2007 -0700
> +++ b/include/asm-i386/paravirt.h Thu Apr 19 12:04:16 2007 -0700
> @@ -308,10 +308,9 @@ unsigned paravirt_patch_insns(void *site
> * return value handling from within these macros. This is fairly
> * cumbersome.
> *
> - * There are 5 sets of PVOP_* macros for dealing with 0-4 arguments.
> - * It could be extended to more arguments, but there would be little
> - * to be gained from that. For each number of arguments, there are
> - * the two VCALL and CALL variants for void and non-void functions.
> + * There are 5 sets of PVOP_* macros for dealing with 0-5 arguments.
> + * For each number of arguments, there are the two VCALL and CALL
> + * variants for void and non-void functions.
> *
> * When there is a return value, the invoker of the macro must specify
> * the return type. The macro then uses sizeof() on that type to
> @@ -405,6 +404,21 @@ unsigned paravirt_patch_insns(void *site
> "0" ((u32)(arg1)), "1" ((u32)(arg2)), \
> "2" ((u32)(arg3)), [_arg4] "mr" ((u32)(arg4)))
>
> +#define PVOP_CALL5(rettype, op, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5)
> \
> + __PVOP_CALL(rettype, op, \
> + "push %[_arg5]; push %[_arg4];", \
> + "lea 8(%%esp),%%esp;", \
> + "0" ((u32)(arg1)), "1" ((u32)(arg2)), \
> + "2" ((u32)(arg3)), [_arg4] "mr" ((u32)(arg4)), \
> + [_arg5] "mr" ((u32)(arg5)))
>
Won't work if arg4 is a stack-relative addressing mode. That was the
main reason I avoided 5-arg patching. I guess using "r" as the arg4
constraint would work, but register pressure is getting pretty tight.
J
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