感觉之前对于软中断一直有一些误解。
软中断的定义:
软中断是利用硬件中断的概念,用软件方式进行模拟,实现宏观上的异步执行效果。很多情况下,软中断和“信号”类似。同时,软中断又是和硬中断相对应的,“硬中断是外部设备对CPU的中断”,“软中断通常是硬件中断服务程序对内核的中断”
作为系统调用而言,对于i386则是通过软中断int80实现
对于其它的软中断,则是在硬件中断之后触发的软中断。
系统调用在Linux2.6中的实现
set_system_trap_gate(SYSCALL_VECTOR, &system_call);
# define SYSCALL_VECTOR 0x80
ENTRY(system_call)
RING0_INT_FRAME # can't unwind into user space anyway
pushl_cfi %eax # save orig_eax
SAVE_ALL
GET_THREAD_INFO(%ebp)
# system call tracing in operation / emulation
testl $_TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_ENTRY,TI_flags(%ebp)
jnz syscall_trace_entry
cmpl $(nr_syscalls), %eax
jae syscall_badsys
syscall_call:
call *sys_call_table(,%eax,4)
movl %eax,PT_EAX(%esp) # store the return value
ENTRY(sys_call_table)
.long sys_restart_syscall /* 0 - old "setup()" system call, used for restarting */
.long sys_exit
.long ptregs_fork
.long sys_read
.long sys_write
.long sys_open /* 5 */
.long sys_close
.long sys_waitpid
.long sys_creat
.long sys_link
.long sys_unlink /* 10 */
.long ptregs_execve
.long sys_chdir
.long sys_time
.long sys_mknod
.long sys_chmod /* 15 */
.long sys_lchown16
.long sys_ni_syscall /* old break syscall holder */
.long sys_stat
.long sys_lseek
.long sys_getpid /* 20 */
.long sys_mount
.long sys_oldumount
...
对于软中断而言,则稍微复杂些
1.注册软中断当然是通过open_softirq
例子如下:
[cpp]
- void __init init_timers(void)
- {