x86 0.52.0

Library to program x86 (amd64) hardware. Contains x86 specific data structure descriptions, data-tables, as well as convenience function to call assembly instructions typically not exposed in higher level languages.
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//! Helpers to program the task state segment.
//! See Intel 3a, Chapter 7

pub use crate::segmentation;
use core::arch::asm;

/// Returns the current value of the task register.
///
/// # Safety
/// Needs CPL 0.
pub unsafe fn tr() -> segmentation::SegmentSelector {
    let segment: u16;
    asm!("str {0:x}",
        out(reg) segment,
        options(att_syntax, nostack, nomem, preserves_flags));
    segmentation::SegmentSelector::from_raw(segment)
}

/// Loads the task register.
///
/// # Safety
/// Needs CPL 0.
pub unsafe fn load_tr(sel: segmentation::SegmentSelector) {
    asm!("ltr {0:x}",
        in(reg) sel.bits(),
        options(att_syntax, nostack, nomem, preserves_flags));
}