similarity index 95%
rename from Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
rename to Documentation/x86/entry_64.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==============
+Kernel Entries
+==============
+
This file documents some of the kernel entries in
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S. A lot of this explanation is adapted from
an email from Ingo Molnar:
@@ -59,7 +65,7 @@ Now, there's a secondary complication: there's a cheap way to test
which mode the CPU is in and an expensive way.
The cheap way is to pick this info off the entry frame on the kernel
-stack, from the CS of the ptregs area of the kernel stack:
+stack, from the CS of the ptregs area of the kernel stack::
xorl %ebx,%ebx
testl $3,CS+8(%rsp)
@@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ stack, from the CS of the ptregs area of the kernel stack:
SWAPGS
The expensive (paranoid) way is to read back the MSR_GS_BASE value
-(which is what SWAPGS modifies):
+(which is what SWAPGS modifies)::
movl $1,%ebx
movl $MSR_GS_BASE,%ecx
@@ -76,7 +82,7 @@ The expensive (paranoid) way is to read back the MSR_GS_BASE value
js 1f /* negative -> in kernel */
SWAPGS
xorl %ebx,%ebx
-1: ret
+ 1: ret
If we are at an interrupt or user-trap/gate-alike boundary then we can
use the faster check: the stack will be a reliable indicator of
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ Linux x86 Support
topology
exception-tables
kernel-stacks
+ entry_64
This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> --- Documentation/x86/{entry_64.txt => entry_64.rst} | 12 +++++++++--- Documentation/x86/index.rst | 1 + 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) rename Documentation/x86/{entry_64.txt => entry_64.rst} (95%)