X-Git-Url: http://git.buserror.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=polintos%2Fscott%2Fpriv.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fabi%2Fx86;h=7a11bd11a47a813b1a6962e25d1953da52ff9563;hp=b237c2e66e1ce0221807c43f530b782202090bbd;hb=00929a1561b0f510a582f9876affa96e4fccb72a;hpb=292f369387f0b1018b3cfc59ad555698d75d6d46 diff --git a/doc/abi/x86 b/doc/abi/x86 index b237c2e..7a11bd1 100644 --- a/doc/abi/x86 +++ b/doc/abi/x86 @@ -4,28 +4,36 @@ Out-of-Process Method Invocation: Caller: eax: pointer to parameter info block (PIB) - Call the 32-bit address stored at 0x7fff0000 to invoke the method. + Call 0x7fff0000 to invoke the method. Upon return: ebx, esi, edi, ebp, esp: preserved - eax: pointer to exception, or NULL if none. + eax: pointer to exception, or NULL if none If there is an exception, the user part of the syscall function will search for an exception handling function that covers the calling address. If none is found, it will assume that it is a language without exception - handling, and return the exception to the caller in eax. - ecx: length of exception segment, if any - edx: may be clobbered + handling, an5Ad return the exception to the caller in eax. + edx: length of exception segment, if any + ecx: may be clobbered Callee: eax: pointer to PIB - edx: pointer to caller information struct, if such was + edx: pointer to caller information struct, or NULL if not requested + esp: NULL. - Jump to the 32-bit address stored at 0x7fff0004 to return. + Jump to 0x7fff0080 to return. Upon return: - eax: pointer to exception, or NULL if none. - ecx: length of exception segment, if any - ebx, esi, edi, ebp, esp: should be preserved - edx: may be clobbered + eax: pointer to exception, or NULL if none + edx: length of exception segment, if any + ebx, ecx, esi, edi, ebp, esp: may be clobbered + +Other system calls: + eax, edx, ecx: syscall arguments. + + Call 0x7fff0000 + 0x80 * syscallnum + + eax: return value + edx, ecx: may be clobbered