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Message-ID: <172458943113.2215.12518487594417401349.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 12:37:11 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Kai Huang" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
 "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/cleanups] x86/kexec: Add comments around swap_pages()
 assembly to improve readability

The following commit has been merged into the x86/cleanups branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     ea49cdb26e7cffc261ceb1db26707e6d337fa104
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/ea49cdb26e7cffc261ceb1db26707e6d337fa104
Author:        Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>
AuthorDate:    Sun, 25 Aug 2024 20:18:06 +12:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitterDate: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 14:29:39 +02:00

x86/kexec: Add comments around swap_pages() assembly to improve readability

The current assembly around swap_pages() in the relocate_kernel() takes
some time to follow because the use of registers can be easily lost when
the line of assembly goes long.  Add a couple of comments to clarify the
code around swap_pages() to improve readability.

Signed-off-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/8b52b0b8513a34b2a02fb4abb05c6700c2821475.1724573384.git.kai.huang@intel.com

---
 arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
index f7a3ca3..e9e88c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(identity_mapped)
 	wbinvd
 .Lsme_off:
 
+	/* Save the preserve_context to %r11 as swap_pages clobbers %rcx. */
 	movq	%rcx, %r11
 	call	swap_pages
 
@@ -289,18 +290,21 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(swap_pages)
 	movq	%rcx,   %rsi  /* For ever source page do a copy */
 	andq	$0xfffffffffffff000, %rsi
 
-	movq	%rdi, %rdx
-	movq	%rsi, %rax
+	movq	%rdi, %rdx    /* Save destination page to %rdx */
+	movq	%rsi, %rax    /* Save source page to %rax */
 
+	/* copy source page to swap page */
 	movq	%r10, %rdi
 	movl	$512, %ecx
 	rep ; movsq
 
+	/* copy destination page to source page */
 	movq	%rax, %rdi
 	movq	%rdx, %rsi
 	movl	$512, %ecx
 	rep ; movsq
 
+	/* copy swap page to destination page */
 	movq	%rdx, %rdi
 	movq	%r10, %rsi
 	movl	$512, %ecx

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