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Align the guest stack to match calling sequence requirements in section "The Stack Frame" of the System V ABI AMD64 Architecture Processor Supplement, which requires the value (%rsp + 8), NOT %rsp, to be a multiple of 16 when control is transferred to the function entry point. I.e. in a normal function call, %rsp needs to be 16-byte aligned _before_ CALL, not after. This fixes unexpected #GPs in guest code when the compiler uses SSE instructions, e.g. to initialize memory, as many SSE instructions require memory operands (including those on the stack) to be 16-byte-aligned. Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230227180601.104318-1-ackerleytng@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.