Function comments (v1)

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@@ -14,11 +14,20 @@
uint64_t gdt_entries[NUM_GDT_ENTRIES];
struct GDTR gdtr;
/*
* gdt_load - Loads Global Descriptor Table
*/
static void gdt_load()
{
asm("lgdt %0" : : "m"(gdtr));
}
/*
* gdt_flush - Flushes the Global Descriptor Table
*
* This function loads new Segment Selectors to make
* the GDT changes take effect
*/
static void gdt_flush()
{
// Here, 0x8 is the kernel code selector
@@ -42,6 +51,15 @@ static void gdt_flush()
);
}
/*
* gdt_init - Global Descriptor Table initialization
*
* This function loads a new GDT in the CPU.
* It contains a null descriptor, kernel code and data
* segments, and user code and data segments.
* However, we do not use segmentation to manage memory on
* 64-bit x86, as it's deprecated. Instead, we use paging.
*/
void gdt_init()
{
// Null descriptor (required)