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#ifndef TEACHOS_ARCH_X86_64_KERNEL_CPU_JMP_HPP
#define TEACHOS_ARCH_X86_64_KERNEL_CPU_JMP_HPP

#include "arch/context_switching/interrupt_descriptor_table/segment_selector.hpp"

#include <cstdint>

namespace teachos::arch::kernel::cpu
{
  /**
   * @brief Far jump - A jump to an instruction located in a different segment.
   */
  struct [[gnu::packed]] far_pointer
  {
    std::size_t function;  ///< Address of the function we want to jump too. (0- 63)
    context_switching::interrupt_descriptor_table::segment_selector
        selector;  ///< Segment selector that shows the segment we want to jump into. (64 - 79)
  };

  /**
   * @brief Near jump - A jump to an instruction within the current code segment.
   *
   * @param address Address  we want to jump to.
   */
  auto jmp(std::size_t address) -> void;

  /**
   * @brief Far jump - A jump to an instruction located in a different segment than the current code segment but at the
   * same privilege level.
   *
   * @param pointer 64-bit operand size far pointer that we should jump too.
   */
  auto jmp(far_pointer pointer) -> void;

}  // namespace teachos::arch::kernel::cpu

#endif  // TEACHOS_ARCH_X86_64_KERNEL_CPU_JMP_HPP