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The early boot code contains various open-coded inline assemblies with exception handling. In order to handle possible exceptions each of them changes the program check new psw, and restores it. In order to simplify the various inline assemblies add simple exception table support: the program check handler is called with a fully populated pt_regs on the stack and may change the psw and register members. When the program check handler returns the psw and registers from pt_regs will be used to continue execution. The program check handler searches the exception table for an entry which matches the address of the program check. If such an entry is found the psw address within pt_regs on the stack is replaced with a fixup address, and execution continues at the new address. If no entry is found the psw is changed to a disabled wait psw and execution stops. Before entering the C part of the program check handler the address of the program check new psw is replaced to a minimalistic handler. This is supposed to help against program check loops. If an exception happens while in program check processing the register contents of the original exception are restored and a disabled wait psw is loaded. Acked-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Linux kernel
============
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 reStructuredText 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.