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| author | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2015-01-15 20:46:14 +0300 |
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| committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2015-01-15 20:46:14 +0300 |
| commit | 0c49cd295d42d0032af11d55e2140dbec11dc8d0 (patch) | |
| tree | 1e7d0e50b6b6d6e4de1fb6bb0b6d856c3932da58 /Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt | |
| parent | 0c3e99437a66e4c869c60c2398449e6d98f3a988 (diff) | |
| parent | eaa27f34e91a14cdceed26ed6c6793ec1d186115 (diff) | |
| download | linux-0c49cd295d42d0032af11d55e2140dbec11dc8d0.tar.xz | |
Merge tag 'v3.19-rc4' into next
Merge with mainline to bring in the latest thermal and other changes.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt index bc7226ef5055..4a1c5c2dc5a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt @@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ http://lkml.kernel.org/r/<20110529191055.GC9835%40elte.hu> The x86 architecture has quite a few different ways to jump into kernel code. Most of these entry points are registered in arch/x86/kernel/traps.c and implemented in arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S -and arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S. +for 64-bit, arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S for 32-bit and finally +arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S which implements the 32-bit compatibility +syscall entry points and thus provides for 32-bit processes the +ability to execute syscalls when running on 64-bit kernels. -The IDT vector assignments are listed in arch/x86/include/irq_vectors.h. +The IDT vector assignments are listed in arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h. Some of these entries are: |