@@ -733,7 +733,6 @@ SYM_DATA_END_LABEL(boot32_idt, SYM_L_GLOBAL, boot32_idt_end)
*/
SYM_FUNC_START(startup32_set_idt_entry)
push %ebx
- push %ecx
/* IDT entry address to %ebx */
leal rva(boot32_idt)(%ebp), %ebx
@@ -742,10 +741,8 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup32_set_idt_entry)
/* Build IDT entry, lower 4 bytes */
movl %eax, %edx
- andl $0x0000ffff, %edx # Target code segment offset [15:0]
- movl $__KERNEL32_CS, %ecx # Target code segment selector
- shl $16, %ecx
- orl %ecx, %edx
+ andl $0x0000ffff, %edx # Target code segment offset [15:0]
+ orl $(__KERNEL32_CS << 16), %edx # Target code segment selector
/* Store lower 4 bytes to IDT */
movl %edx, (%ebx)
@@ -758,7 +755,6 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup32_set_idt_entry)
/* Store upper 4 bytes to IDT */
movl %edx, 4(%ebx)
- pop %ecx
pop %ebx
RET
SYM_FUNC_END(startup32_set_idt_entry)
Avoid touching register %ecx in startup32_set_idt_entry(), by folding the MOV, SHL and ORL instructions into a single ORL which no longer requires a temp register. This permits ECX to be used as a function argument in a subsequent patch. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> --- arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)