.text .globl switch_to switch_to: # switch_to(from, to) # save from's registers movl 4(%esp), %eax # eax points to from popl 0(%eax) # save eip !popl movl %esp, 4(%eax) # save esp::context of from movl %ebx, 8(%eax) # save ebx::context of from movl %ecx, 12(%eax) # save ecx::context of from movl %edx, 16(%eax) # save edx::context of from movl %esi, 20(%eax) # save esi::context of from movl %edi, 24(%eax) # save edi::context of from movl %ebp, 28(%eax) # save ebp::context of from # restore to's registers movl 4(%esp), %eax # not 8(%esp): popped return address already # eax now points to to movl 28(%eax), %ebp # restore ebp::context of to movl 24(%eax), %edi # restore edi::context of to movl 20(%eax), %esi # restore esi::context of to movl 16(%eax), %edx # restore edx::context of to movl 12(%eax), %ecx # restore ecx::context of to movl 8(%eax), %ebx # restore ebx::context of to movl 4(%eax), %esp # restore esp::context of to pushl 0(%eax) # push eip ret