Rearrange makecontext and add lots of comments
* exceptions.cc (makecontext): Rearrange order of initialization and
        document at great length.
Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
			
			
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| 2015-07-17  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de> | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	* exceptions.cc (makecontext): Rearrange order of initialization and | ||||
| 	document at great length. | ||||
|  | ||||
| 2015-07-17  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de> | ||||
|  | ||||
| 	* exceptions.cc (__unwind_single_frame): Define empty macro on i686. | ||||
|   | ||||
| @@ -2030,22 +2030,31 @@ makecontext (ucontext_t *ucp, void (*func) (void), int argc, ...) | ||||
|   uintptr_t *sp; | ||||
|   va_list ap; | ||||
|  | ||||
|   sp = (uintptr_t *) ((uintptr_t) ucp->uc_stack.ss_sp | ||||
| 				+ ucp->uc_stack.ss_size); | ||||
|   /* Initialize sp to the top of the stack. */ | ||||
|   sp = (uintptr_t *) ((uintptr_t) ucp->uc_stack.ss_sp + ucp->uc_stack.ss_size); | ||||
|   /* Subtract slots required for arguments and the pointer to uc_link. */ | ||||
|   sp -= (argc + 1); | ||||
|   /* Align. */ | ||||
|   sp = (uintptr_t *) ((uintptr_t) sp & ~0xf); | ||||
|   /* Subtract one slot for setting the return address. */ | ||||
|   --sp; | ||||
|   /* Set return address to the trampolin function __cont_link_context. */ | ||||
|   sp[0] = (uintptr_t) __cont_link_context; | ||||
|   sp[argc + 1] = (uintptr_t) ucp->uc_link; | ||||
| #ifdef __x86_64__ | ||||
|   ucp->uc_mcontext.rip = (uint64_t) func; | ||||
|   ucp->uc_mcontext.rbx = (uint64_t) (sp + argc + 1); | ||||
|   ucp->uc_mcontext.rsp = (uint64_t) sp; | ||||
| #else | ||||
|   ucp->uc_mcontext.eip = (uint32_t) func; | ||||
|   ucp->uc_mcontext.ebx = (uint32_t) (sp + argc + 1); | ||||
|   ucp->uc_mcontext.esp = (uint32_t) sp; | ||||
| #endif | ||||
|   /* Fetch arguments and store them on the stack. | ||||
|  | ||||
|      x86_64 only: | ||||
|  | ||||
|      - Store first four args in the AMD64 ABI arg registers. | ||||
|  | ||||
|      - Note that the stack is not short by these four register args.  The | ||||
|        reason is the shadow space for these regs required by the AMD64 ABI. | ||||
|  | ||||
|      - The definition of makecontext only allows for "int" sized arguments to | ||||
|        func, 32 bit, likely for historical reasons.  However, the argument | ||||
|        slots on x86_64 are 64 bit anyway, so we can fetch and store the args | ||||
|        as 64 bit values, and func can request 64 bit args without violating | ||||
|        the definition.  This potentially allows porting 32 bit applications | ||||
|        providing pointer values to func without additional porting effort. */ | ||||
|   va_start (ap, argc); | ||||
|   for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i) | ||||
| #ifdef __x86_64__ | ||||
| @@ -2071,4 +2080,20 @@ makecontext (ucontext_t *ucp, void (*func) (void), int argc, ...) | ||||
|     sp[i + 1] = va_arg (ap, uintptr_t); | ||||
| #endif | ||||
|   va_end (ap); | ||||
|   /* Store pointer to uc_link at the top of the stack. */ | ||||
|   sp[argc + 1] = (uintptr_t) ucp->uc_link; | ||||
|   /* Last but not least set the register in the context at ucp so that a | ||||
|      subsequent setcontext or swapcontext picks up the right values: | ||||
|      - Set rip/eip to the target function. | ||||
|      - Set rsp/esp to the just computed stack pointer value. | ||||
|      - Set rbx/ebx to the address of the pointer to uc_link. */ | ||||
| #ifdef __x86_64__ | ||||
|   ucp->uc_mcontext.rip = (uint64_t) func; | ||||
|   ucp->uc_mcontext.rsp = (uint64_t) sp; | ||||
|   ucp->uc_mcontext.rbx = (uint64_t) (sp + argc + 1); | ||||
| #else | ||||
|   ucp->uc_mcontext.eip = (uint32_t) func; | ||||
|   ucp->uc_mcontext.esp = (uint32_t) sp; | ||||
|   ucp->uc_mcontext.ebx = (uint32_t) (sp + argc + 1); | ||||
| #endif | ||||
| } | ||||
|   | ||||
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