x86: implement user mode on 64-bit
- In early boot, enable the syscall instruction and set up
necessary MSRs
- Add a hook to update page tables on context switch
- Properly initialize thread based on whether it will
start in user or supervisor mode
- Add landing function for system calls to execute the
desired handler
- Implement arch_user_string_nlen()
- Implement logic for dropping a thread down to user mode
- Reserve per-CPU storage space for user and privilege
elevation stack pointers, necessary for handling syscalls
when no free registers are available
- Proper handling of gs register considerations when
transitioning privilege levels
Kernel page table isolation (KPTI) is not yet implemented.
Signed-off-by:
Andrew Boie <andrew.p.boie@intel.com>
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