On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Raymond Jennings <shent...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am curious about what's supposed to happen normally on signal delivery.
>
> Is SS a register that's supposed to be preserved like EIP/RIP and CS when a
> signal is delivered?
What exactly does "supposed" mean?
On x86-64, we traditionally haven't touched SS, because it doesn't
really matter in 64-bit long mode. And apparently dosemu depended on
that behavior.
So clearly, we're not "supposed" to save/restore it. Because reality
matters a hell of a lot more than any theoretical arguments.
Linus
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