xv6-65oo2/swtch.S
2017-10-08 07:12:31 -04:00

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ArmAsm

# Context switch
#
# void swtch(struct context **old, struct context *new);
#
# Save the current registers on the stack, creating
# a struct context, and save its address in *old.
# Switch stacks to new and pop previously-saved registers.
.globl swtch
swtch:
movl 4(%esp), %eax
movl 8(%esp), %edx
# Save old callee-save registers
pushl %ebp
pushl %ebx
pushl %esi
pushl %edi
# Switch stacks
movl %esp, (%eax)
movl %edx, %esp
# Load new callee-save registers
popl %edi
popl %esi
popl %ebx
popl %ebp
ret