swtch.S

# Context switch
#
#   void swtch(struct context **old, struct context *new);
# 
# Save current register context in old
# and then load register context from new.

.globl swtch
swtch:
  movl 4(%esp), %eax # esp is the parameter swtch(arg1, arg2, arg3) , arg2 = 4(%esp)
  movl 8(%esp), %edx # takes value inside register %esp, adds 8 to it, and then fetches the contents of memory at that address, putting the result into register %edx

  # Save old callee-save registers
  pushl %ebp
  pushl %ebx
  pushl %esi
  pushl %edi

  # Switch stacks
  movl %esp, (%eax)
  movl %edx, %esp

  # Load new callee-save registers
  popl %edi
  popl %esi
  popl %ebx
  popl %ebp
  ret