source: mainline/kernel/arch/amd64/src/syscall.c@ a35b458

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2006 Ondrej Palkovsky
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/** @addtogroup amd64
 * @{
 */
/** @file
 */

#include <syscall/syscall.h>
#include <arch/syscall.h>
#include <panic.h>
#include <arch/cpu.h>
#include <arch/pm.h>
#include <arch/asm.h>

#include <print.h>

extern void syscall_entry(void);

/** Enable & setup support for SYSCALL/SYSRET */
void syscall_setup_cpu(void)
{
        /* Enable SYSCALL/SYSRET */
        write_msr(AMD_MSR_EFER, read_msr(AMD_MSR_EFER) | AMD_SCE);

        /* Setup syscall entry address */

        /* This is _mess_ - the 64-bit CS is argument + 16,
         * the SS is argument + 8. The order is:
         * +0(KDATA_DES), +8(UDATA_DES), +16(UTEXT_DES)
         */
        write_msr(AMD_MSR_STAR,
            ((uint64_t) (GDT_SELECTOR(KDATA_DES) | PL_USER) << 48) |
            ((uint64_t) (GDT_SELECTOR(KTEXT_DES) | PL_KERNEL) << 32));
        write_msr(AMD_MSR_LSTAR, (uint64_t)syscall_entry);
        /* Mask RFLAGS on syscall
         * - disable interrupts, until we exchange the stack register
         *   (mask the IF bit)
         * - clear DF so that the string instructions operate in
         *   the right direction
         * - clear NT to prevent a #GP should the flag proliferate to an IRET
         */
        write_msr(AMD_MSR_SFMASK, RFLAGS_IF | RFLAGS_DF | RFLAGS_NT);
}

/** @}
 */