On 10/24/2012 08:04 PM, Fan Yang wrote: > Hi all: I print the cs ds and ss register in the user space, and it > is same as the __USER_CS and __USER_DS which defined in kernel as 73 > and 7b. In the kernel __KERNEL_CS and __KERNEL_DS defined as 60 and > 68, but when I print this two value in my kernel module, I get 60 > and 7b. Why ? It should be 60 and 68, shouldn't it? > Hi Fan, I just talked to you and very impressed. By checking source code, I found what you mentioned is normal. You can check arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S, and go to the page_fault definition, in error_code, you can see the CS and DS assignment. error_code: /* the function address is in %gs's slot on the stack */ pushl_cfi %fs /*CFI_REL_OFFSET fs, 0*/ pushl_cfi %es /*CFI_REL_OFFSET es, 0*/ pushl_cfi %ds /*CFI_REL_OFFSET ds, 0*/ pushl_cfi %eax CFI_REL_OFFSET eax, 0 pushl_cfi %ebp CFI_REL_OFFSET ebp, 0 pushl_cfi %edi CFI_REL_OFFSET edi, 0 pushl_cfi %esi CFI_REL_OFFSET esi, 0 pushl_cfi %edx CFI_REL_OFFSET edx, 0 pushl_cfi %ecx CFI_REL_OFFSET ecx, 0 pushl_cfi %ebx CFI_REL_OFFSET ebx, 0 cld movl $(__KERNEL_PERCPU), %ecx movl %ecx, %fs UNWIND_ESPFIX_STACK GS_TO_REG %ecx movl PT_GS(%esp), %edi # get the function address movl PT_ORIG_EAX(%esp), %edx # get the error code movl $-1, PT_ORIG_EAX(%esp) # no syscall to restart REG_TO_PTGS %ecx SET_KERNEL_GS %ecx Below is the assignment. This is changed in 2.6, the reason is that in kernel the CPL is 0 and it's safe to operate __USER_DS with DPL is 3. Here if use __KERNEL_DS, even though they have the same content, it need change back when return to user space. So in your original post, you mentioned the cs:ds is 60, 7b, it's normal and correct value. Hope this can help. movl $(__USER_DS), %ecx movl %ecx, %ds movl %ecx, %es TRACE_IRQS_OFF movl %esp,%eax # pt_regs pointer call *%edi _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies