- In case of x86, interrupt vector 0x80 is used to invoke system call .here
- Whereas an exception(SWI) is used to invoke system calls in case of ARM .
- The ARM architecture supports seven types of exceptions.(read about ARM exceptions this)
- When an exception occurs, execution is forced from a fixed memory address corresponding to the type of exception.
- These fixed addresses are called the exception vectors.
- These vectors are same as the vectors of x86 interrupt descriptor table.
- One of the seven exceptions is the software interrupt exception(SWI).
- Address of the function to be executed when this exception is raised is stored at the physical address 0x00000008.
- The Software Interrupt instruction (SWI) is used to generate the software interrupt exception.
- Linux uses this vector to invoke the system calls.
- When this exception is generated a function, vector_swi(), is called.
- vector_swi() is defined in <arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S>. vector_swi() gets the system call number in the R7 general-purpose register and finds the system call address in the sys_call_table and invokes it. Registers R0-R6 are used to send arguments to the system calls.
ENTRY(vector_swi) 354 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_V7M 355 v7m_exception_entry 356 #else 357 sub sp, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE 358 stmia sp, {r0 - r12} @ Calling r0 - r12 359 ARM( add r8, sp, #S_PC ) 360 ARM( stmdb r8, {sp, lr}^ ) @ Calling sp, lr 361 THUMB( mov r8, sp ) 362 THUMB( store_user_sp_lr r8, r10, S_SP ) @ calling sp, lr 363 mrs r8, spsr @ called from non-FIQ mode, so ok. 364 str lr, [sp, #S_PC] @ Save calling PC 365 str r8, [sp, #S_PSR] @ Save CPSR 366 str r0, [sp, #S_OLD_R0] @ Save OLD_R0 367 #endif 368 zero_fp 369 alignment_trap ip, __cr_alignment 370 enable_irq 371 ct_user_exit 372 get_thread_info tsk 373 374 /* 375 * Get the system call number. 376 */
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