#include "threads/switch.h" #### struct thread *switch_threads (struct thread *cur, struct thread *next); #### #### Switches from CUR, which must be the running thread, to NEXT, #### which must also be running switch_threads(), returning CUR in #### NEXT's context. #### #### This function works by assuming that the thread we're switching #### into is also running switch_threads(). Thus, all it has to do is #### preserve a few registers on the stack, then switch stacks and #### restore the registers. As part of switching stacks we record the #### current stack pointer in CUR's thread structure. .globl switch_threads .func switch_threads switch_threads: # Save caller's register state. # # Note that the SVR4 ABI allows us to destroy %eax, %ecx, %edx, # but requires us to preserve %ebx, %ebp, %esi, %edi. See # [SysV-ABI-386] pages 3-11 and 3-12 for details. # # This stack frame must match the one set up by thread_create() # in size. pushl %ebx pushl %ebp pushl %esi pushl %edi # Get offsetof (struct thread, stack). .globl thread_stack_ofs mov thread_stack_ofs, %edx # Save current stack pointer to old thread's stack, if any. movl SWITCH_CUR(%esp), %eax movl %esp, (%eax,%edx,1) # Restore stack pointer from new thread's stack. movl SWITCH_NEXT(%esp), %ecx movl (%ecx,%edx,1), %esp # Restore caller's register state. popl %edi popl %esi popl %ebp popl %ebx ret .endfunc .globl switch_entry .func switch_entry switch_entry: # Discard switch_threads() arguments. addl $8, %esp # Call schedule_tail(prev). pushl %eax .globl schedule_tail call schedule_tail addl $4, %esp # Start thread proper. ret .endfunc