Hi Arnd,
help me out here because I feel vaguely stupid...
On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 5:38 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> {
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT))
> + return task_thread_info(task)->syscall & ~__NR_OABI_SYSCALL_BASE;
Where __NR_OABI_SYSCALL_BASE is
#define __NR_OABI_SYSCALL_BASE 0x900000
So you will end up with sycall number & FF6FFFFF
masking off bits 20 and 23.
I suppose this is based on this:
> bics r10, r10, #0xff000000
> + str r10, [tsk, #TI_SYSCALL]
OK we mask off bits 24-31 before we store this.
> bic scno, scno, #0xff000000 @ mask off SWI op-code
> + str scno, [tsk, #TI_SYSCALL]
And here too.
> eor scno, scno, #__NR_SYSCALL_BASE @ check OS number
And then happens that which will ... I don't know really.
Exclusive or with 0x9000000 is not immediately intuitive
evident to me, I suppose it is for everyone else... :/
I need some idea how this numberspace is managed in order to
understand the code so I can review it, I guess it all makes perfect
sense but I need some background here.
Thanks,
Linus Walleij
