[coreboot-gerrit] Change in coreboot[master]: arch/x86/assembly_entry: Align stack for car_stage_entry

Marshall Dawson (Code Review) gerrit at coreboot.org
Tue Jul 11 02:43:23 CEST 2017


Marshall Dawson has uploaded a new patch set (#2). ( https://review.coreboot.org/20528 )

Change subject: arch/x86/assembly_entry: Align stack for car_stage_entry
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arch/x86/assembly_entry: Align stack for car_stage_entry

At process _start, the stack is expected to be aligned to a
16-byte boundary.  Upon entry to any function the stack frame
must have the end of any arguments also aligned.  In other words
the value of %esp+4 or %rsp+8 is always a multiple of 16 (1).

Change the method for executing car_stage_entry from jmp to call.
This should keep the stack aligned regardless of a 32- or 64-bit
build.

Although 4-byte alignment is the minimum requirement for i386,
some AMD platforms use SSE instructions which expect 16-byte.

1) http://wiki.osdev.org/System_V_ABI
   See "Initial Stack and Register State" and "The Stack Frame"
   in the supplements.

Change-Id: I8a15514f551a8e17e9fe77b8402fe0d2b106972e
Signed-off-by: Marshall Dawson <marshalldawson3rd at gmail.com>
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M src/arch/x86/assembly_entry.S
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)


  git pull ssh://review.coreboot.org:29418/coreboot refs/changes/28/20528/2
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Gerrit-Project: coreboot
Gerrit-Branch: master
Gerrit-MessageType: newpatchset
Gerrit-Change-Id: I8a15514f551a8e17e9fe77b8402fe0d2b106972e
Gerrit-Change-Number: 20528
Gerrit-PatchSet: 2
Gerrit-Owner: Marshall Dawson <marshalldawson3rd at gmail.com>
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