[gPXE-devel] [PATCH v2] [comboot] Propagate carry flag from COMBOOT API

Stefan Hajnoczi stefanha at gmail.com
Sat May 8 06:59:46 EDT 2010


COMBOOT API calls set the carry flag on failure.  This was not being
propagated because the COMBOOT interrupt handler used iret to return
with EFLAGS restored from the stack.  This patch propagates CF before
returning from the interrupt.

Reported-by: Geoff Lywood <glywood at vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha at gmail.com>
---
v2:
 * Use hpa's patch_cf routine to propagate CF before iret

There is an issue open for this bug here:
http://support.etherboot.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=77

 src/arch/i386/core/patch_cf.S                   |   38 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/arch/i386/firmware/pcbios/e820mangler.S     |   12 -------
 src/arch/i386/interface/syslinux/comboot_call.c |    3 ++
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/arch/i386/core/patch_cf.S

diff --git a/src/arch/i386/core/patch_cf.S b/src/arch/i386/core/patch_cf.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97a62f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/arch/i386/core/patch_cf.S
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER )
+
+	.text
+	.arch i386
+	.code16
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Set/clear CF on the stack as appropriate, assumes stack is as it should
+ * be immediately before IRET
+ ****************************************************************************
+ */
+	.section ".text16", "ax", @progbits
+	.globl patch_cf
+patch_cf:
+	pushw	%bp
+	movw	%sp, %bp
+	setc	8(%bp)	/* Set/reset CF; clears PF, AF, ZF, SF */
+	popw	%bp
+	ret
+	.size patch_cf, . - patch_cf
diff --git a/src/arch/i386/firmware/pcbios/e820mangler.S b/src/arch/i386/firmware/pcbios/e820mangler.S
index 99ca519..eeed51f 100644
--- a/src/arch/i386/firmware/pcbios/e820mangler.S
+++ b/src/arch/i386/firmware/pcbios/e820mangler.S
@@ -493,18 +493,6 @@ get_mangled_e820:
 	.size get_mangled_e820, . - get_mangled_e820
 
 /****************************************************************************
- * Set/clear CF on the stack as appropriate, assumes stack is as it should
- * be immediately before IRET
- ****************************************************************************
- */
-patch_cf:
-	pushw	%bp
-	movw	%sp, %bp
-	setc	8(%bp)	/* Set/reset CF; clears PF, AF, ZF, SF */
-	popw	%bp
-	ret
-
-/****************************************************************************
  * INT 15,e820 handler
  ****************************************************************************
  */
diff --git a/src/arch/i386/interface/syslinux/comboot_call.c b/src/arch/i386/interface/syslinux/comboot_call.c
index 51a1b6d..dd94d8b 100644
--- a/src/arch/i386/interface/syslinux/comboot_call.c
+++ b/src/arch/i386/interface/syslinux/comboot_call.c
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ void hook_comboot_interrupts ( ) {
 		              "pushw %%cs\n\t"
 		              "call prot_call\n\t"
 		              "addw $4, %%sp\n\t"
+			      "call patch_cf\n\t"
 		              "iret\n\t" )
 		          : : "i" ( int20 ) );
 
@@ -681,6 +682,7 @@ void hook_comboot_interrupts ( ) {
 		              "pushw %%cs\n\t"
 		              "call prot_call\n\t"
 		              "addw $4, %%sp\n\t"
+			      "call patch_cf\n\t"
 		              "iret\n\t" )
 		          : : "i" ( int21 ) );
 
@@ -693,6 +695,7 @@ void hook_comboot_interrupts ( ) {
 		              "pushw %%cs\n\t"
 		              "call prot_call\n\t"
 		              "addw $4, %%sp\n\t"
+			      "call patch_cf\n\t"
 		              "iret\n\t" )
 		          : : "i" ( int22) );
 
-- 
1.7.0



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