genode/base
Christian Prochaska 4b420f6e71 Fix stack pointer alignment for x86_64 platforms
The x86_64 ABI requires the stack pointer to be 16-byte aligned before the
call of a function and decreased by 8 at the function entrypoint (after
the return address has been pushed to the stack).

Currently, when a new Genode thread gets created, the initial stack
pointer is aligned to 16 byte. On Genode/Linux, the thread entry function
is entered by a 'call' instruction, so the stack pointer alignment at the
function entrypoint is correct. On Fiasco.OC and NOVA, however, the thread
entry function gets executed without a return address being pushed to the
stack, so at the function entrypoint the stack pointer is still aligned to
16 byte, which can cause problems with compiler-generated SSE
instructions.

With this patch, the stack pointer given to a new thread gets aligned to
16 bytes and decreased by 8 by default, since most of the currently
supported base platforms execute the thread entry function without pushing
a return address to the stack. For base-linux, the stack pointer gets
realigned to 16 bytes before the thread entry function gets called.

Fixes #1043.
2014-02-03 11:34:30 +01:00
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etc Imported Genode release 11.11 2011-12-22 16:19:25 +01:00
include Fix stack pointer alignment for x86_64 platforms 2014-02-03 11:34:30 +01:00
lib crt0 cleanup 2013-07-05 12:37:43 +02:00
mk Clarify comment in base-libs.mk 2014-01-16 18:34:06 +01:00
run Revise delete with allocators 2014-01-30 10:05:44 +01:00
src Fix stack pointer alignment for x86_64 platforms 2014-02-03 11:34:30 +01:00
README Imported Genode release 11.11 2011-12-22 16:19:25 +01:00

This is generic part of the Genode implementation. It consists of two parts:

:_Core_: is the ultimate root of the Genode application tree
  and provides abstractions for the lowest-level hardware resources
  such as RAM, ROM, CPU, and generic device access. All generic parts of Core
  can be found here - for system-specific implementations refer to the
  appropriate 'base-<system>' directory.

:_Base libraries and protocols_: that are used by each Genode component
  to interact with other components. This is the glue that holds everything
  together.