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diff --git a/open_issues/system_call_mechanism.mdwn b/open_issues/system_call_mechanism.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 68418097..00000000 --- a/open_issues/system_call_mechanism.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,56 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] - -[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable -id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this -document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant -Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation -License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] - -[[!tag open_issue_gnumach]] - -[[!toc]] - - -# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-05-07 - - <braunr> very simple examples: system calls use old call gates, which are - the slowest path to kernel space - <braunr> modern processors have dedicated instructions now - - -# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-04-22 - - <braunr> rah: basically, system calls are slower on mach because they use - call gates instead of newer sysenter/sysexit - <youpi> braunr: sysenter/exit is a x86_64 thing - <braunr> rah: apart from that, the code can't get much simpler, and *I* - know, for i have studied it, and wrote a compatible version in a clone - attempt - <youpi> braunr: on a x86_64 port we'd probably use sysenter/exit - <braunr> youpi: no there are 32-bits instructions, i don't remember if - they're called sysenter, it's in my thesis though so i'm sure of it :) - <youpi> braunr: ah, the other part - <youpi> is linux-x86 using them? - <braunr> youpi: yes, glibc uses them - <youpi> and does it really change much nowadays? - <youpi> what is the actual difference between int 80 and sysenter? - <braunr> less checking - <youpi> checking what? - <youpi> the idt? - <braunr> ring levels for example - <youpi> well, checking a ring is fast :) - <braunr> depending on the original and requested levels, there are lookups - in tables - <braunr> sysenter always assume 3 to 0 and 0 to 3 for sysexit - <youpi> ah, also it assumes things about segments - <youpi> so that indeed makes context things simpler - <braunr> right - <braunr> but mach doesn't uses int 0x80 - <braunr> it uses an lcall - <braunr> which is a bit slower from what I could read some time ago - <braunr> (not sure if it's still relevant) - <youpi> actually in 64bit mode I had to catch lcall from the invalid - instruction trap - <youpi> perhaps it got dropped in 64bit mode |