Re: sigtrap and TF

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2007/12/5, Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 05-12-07 22:23, Justin Ferguson wrote:
>
> I suppose there was some text to go here, but anyways:
>
> >>> void
> >>> unsetTF(void)
> >>> {
> >>>         __asm__ __volatile__(
> >>>                                 "pushf                  \n"
> >>>                                 "mov    $0x100, %eax    \n"
> >>>                                 "not    %eax            \n"
> >>>                                 "andl   (%esp), %eax    \n"
> >>>                                 "popf                   \n"
> >>>         );
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> void
> >>> setTF(void)
> >>> {
> >>>         __asm__ __volatile__(
> >>>                                 "pushf                  \n"
> >>>                                 "orl    $0x100, (%esp)  \n"
> >>>                                 "popf                   "
> >>>         );
> >>>
> >>>         return;
> >>> }
>
> ... in the context of the list, note that ~ denotes a bitwise not same in
> gas as in C. That is, unsetTF could use the setTF template and be:
>
>         pushf
>         andl    $~0x100, (%esp)
>         popf
>
> Rene.
>
>
yes, i understand my fault, now works, but why TF is reseted to 0 when
the trap is "executed" ?

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