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Date:	Fri, 3 Apr 2015 01:21:05 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	bp@...en8.de, mingo@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, luto@...capital.net,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	brgerst@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dvlasenk@...hat.com
Subject: [tip:x86/asm] x86/asm/entry/32:
  Improve a TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING comment

Commit-ID:  ff8287f36381deff729aa4e7b02296a080519fd0
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/ff8287f36381deff729aa4e7b02296a080519fd0
Author:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
AuthorDate: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 12:41:44 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 08:30:44 +0200

x86/asm/entry/32: Improve a TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING comment

At Denys' request, clean up the comment describing stack padding
in the 32-bit sysenter path.

No code changes.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/41fee7bb8490ae840fe7ef2699f9c2feb932e729.1428002830.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
index 4c8cc34..effa279 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -395,10 +395,13 @@ sysenter_past_esp:
 	/*CFI_REL_OFFSET cs, 0*/
 	/*
 	 * Push current_thread_info()->sysenter_return to the stack.
-	 * A tiny bit of offset fixup is necessary - 4*4 means the 4 words
-	 * pushed above; +8 corresponds to copy_thread's esp0 setting.
+	 * A tiny bit of offset fixup is necessary: TI_sysenter_return
+	 * is relative to thread_info, which is at the bottom of the
+	 * kernel stack page.  4*4 means the 4 words pushed above;
+	 * TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING takes us to the top of the stack;
+	 * and THREAD_SIZE takes us to the bottom.
 	 */
-	pushl_cfi ((TI_sysenter_return)-THREAD_SIZE+TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING+4*4)(%esp)
+	pushl_cfi ((TI_sysenter_return) - THREAD_SIZE + TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING + 4*4)(%esp)
 	CFI_REL_OFFSET eip, 0
 
 	pushl_cfi %eax
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