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+/*
+ * AT_SYSINFO entry point
+*/
+
+#include <asm/dwarf2.h>
+#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
+#include <asm/alternative-asm.h>
+
+/*
+ * First get the common code for the sigreturn entry points.
+ * This must come first.
+ */
+#include "sigreturn.S"
+
+ .text
+ .globl __kernel_vsyscall
+ .type __kernel_vsyscall,@function
+ ALIGN
+__kernel_vsyscall:
+ CFI_STARTPROC
+ /*
+ * Reshuffle regs so that all of any of the entry instructions
+ * will preserve enough state.
+ *
+ * A really nice entry sequence would be:
+ * pushl %edx
+ * pushl %ecx
+ * movl %esp, %ecx
+ *
+ * Unfortunately, naughty Android versions between July and December
+ * 2015 actually hardcode the traditional Linux SYSENTER entry
+ * sequence. That is severely broken for a number of reasons (ask
+ * anyone with an AMD CPU, for example). Nonetheless, we try to keep
+ * it working approximately as well as it ever worked.
+ *
+ * This link may eludicate some of the history:
+ * https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/q/Iac3295376d61ef83e713ac9b528f3b50aa780cd7
+ * personally, I find it hard to understand what's going on there.
+ *
+ * Note to future user developers: DO NOT USE SYSENTER IN YOUR CODE.
+ * Execute an indirect call to the address in the AT_SYSINFO auxv
+ * entry. That is the ONLY correct way to make a fast 32-bit system
+ * call on Linux. (Open-coding int $0x80 is also fine, but it's
+ * slow.)
+ */
+ pushl %ecx
+ CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
+ CFI_REL_OFFSET ecx, 0
+ pushl %edx
+ CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
+ CFI_REL_OFFSET edx, 0
+ pushl %ebp
+ CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4
+ CFI_REL_OFFSET ebp, 0
+
+ #define SYSENTER_SEQUENCE "movl %esp, %ebp; sysenter"
+ #define SYSCALL_SEQUENCE "movl %ecx, %ebp; syscall"
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ /* If SYSENTER (Intel) or SYSCALL32 (AMD) is available, use it. */
+ ALTERNATIVE_2 "", SYSENTER_SEQUENCE, X86_FEATURE_SYSENTER32, \
+ SYSCALL_SEQUENCE, X86_FEATURE_SYSCALL32
+#else
+ ALTERNATIVE "", SYSENTER_SEQUENCE, X86_FEATURE_SEP
+#endif
+
+ /* Enter using int $0x80 */
+ int $0x80
+GLOBAL(int80_landing_pad)
+
+ /*
+ * Restore EDX and ECX in case they were clobbered. EBP is not
+ * clobbered (the kernel restores it), but it's cleaner and
+ * probably faster to pop it than to adjust ESP using addl.
+ */
+ popl %ebp
+ CFI_RESTORE ebp
+ CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET -4
+ popl %edx
+ CFI_RESTORE edx
+ CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET -4
+ popl %ecx
+ CFI_RESTORE ecx
+ CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET -4
+ ret
+ CFI_ENDPROC
+
+ .size __kernel_vsyscall,.-__kernel_vsyscall
+ .previous