linux-kernel - Re: [rft] s2ram wakeup moves to .c, could fix few machines

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Date:	Fri, 8 Feb 2008 22:56:49 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-pm mailing list <linux-pm@...ts.osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [rft] s2ram wakeup moves to .c, could fix few machines

Hi!

>> +	.section ".header", "a"
>> +
>> +/* This should match the structure in wakeup.h */
>> +		.globl	wakeup_header
>> +wakeup_header:
>> +video_mode:	.short	0	/* Video mode number */
>> +pmode_return:	.byte	0x66, 0xea	/* ljmpl */
>> +		.long	0	/* offset goes here */
>> +		.short	__KERNEL_CS
>
> Missing a .short pad here... Pavel fixed that at some point, I thought.

No pad needed, AFAICT.

>>  	}
>> -	memcpy((void *)acpi_wakeup_address, &wakeup_start,
>> -	       &wakeup_end - &wakeup_start);
>> -	acpi_copy_wakeup_routine(acpi_wakeup_address);
>> +	memcpy((void *)acpi_realmode, &wakeup_code_start, 4*PAGE_SIZE);
>
> Using a PAGE_SIZE multiplier here isn't a good thing...

Fixed.

>> +	header = (struct wakeup_header *)(acpi_realmode + 0x3f00);
>
> ... especially not with magic constants like this.

Fixed.

> If you're putting the "header" at the end, then you should also replace the 
> end_signature stuff since that's, then, redundant.  Furthermore, by doing 
> so, you're also padding the binary out to its maximum length, so you might 
> as well just remove the .bss-clearing stuff.

Good, lets remove bss clearing.

>> +	header->pmode_efer_low = nx_enabled;
>> +	if (header->pmode_efer_low & 1) {
>> +		/* This is strange, why not save efer, always? */
>> +		rdmsr(MSR_EFER, header->pmode_efer_low,
>> +			header->pmode_efer_high);
>> +	}
>
> Yes, why not save EFER every time?

Dunno, I copied it from other code, and as it depends on nx setting,
I'd prefer not to touch it for now. Do old CPUs have EFER?

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