holy crap im an idiot, i was getting constatnt gpf because i forgot to pop the stack

kernel/arch/boot.s

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 global loader 				; entry symbol for ELF
 extern kmain
+extern gdt_init
 
 MAGIC_NUMBER 	equ 0x1BADB002		; magic number constant
 FLAGS		equ 0x3
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ section .text
 loader:
 	mov esp, kernel_stack + KERNEL_STACK_SIZE ; move the top of the stack into esp
 
+	call gdt_init
+
 	call kmain ; pass execution over to our kmain function, where all of the real stuff is done
 
 	; Should the system exit, we clear the interrupt flag

kernel/arch/gdt/gdt.s

@@ -8,12 +8,8 @@ setGdt:
 	mov eax, [esp + 8]
 	mov [gdtr + 2], eax
 	lgdt [gdtr]
-	ret
-
-global reloadSegments
-reloadSegments:
-	jmp 0x08:.reload_CS ; 0x08 is a stand in for the code segment
-.reload_CS:
+	jmp 0x08:reload_CS ; 0x08 is a stand in for the code segment
+reload_CS:
 	mov ax, 0x10 ; stand in for the data segment
 	mov ds, ax
 	mov es, ax

kernel/arch/gdt/gdt_entry.c

@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ void gdt_init(void)
 	gdt[0] = create_descriptor(0, 0, 0); // null
 	gdt[1] = create_descriptor(0, 0x000FFFFF, (GDT_CODE_PL0)); // kernel code
 	gdt[2] = create_descriptor(0, 0x000FFFFF, (GDT_DATA_PL0)); // kernel data
-	gdt[3] = create_descriptor(0, 0x000FFFFF, (GDT_CODE_PL3)); // user code
-	gdt[4] = create_descriptor(0, 0x000FFFFF, (GDT_DATA_PL3)); // user data
+	//gdt[3] = create_descriptor(0, 0x000FFFFF, (GDT_CODE_PL3)); // user code
+	//gdt[4] = create_descriptor(0, 0x000FFFFF, (GDT_DATA_PL3)); // user data
 
 	setGdt((sizeof(uint64_t) * GDT_SIZE) - 1, &(gdt[0])); // limit, base
-	reloadSegments();
+	//reloadSegments();
 #ifdef __TESTING__
 	kinfo("Initialized the GDT");
 	dump_gdt();

kernel/arch/idt/idt.c

@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@ void exception_handler(unsigned int i)
 	if (i <= 31)
 		__asm__ volatile ("cli; hlt"); // hangs the computer
 
-	if (i == PIC_PIT) {
-		printf("Sending EOI instruction to PIT\n");
-		PIC_sendEOI(0);
+	if (i == PIC_KEYB) {
+#ifdef __TESTING__
+		kinfo("Sending EOI instruction to KEYB");
+#endif
+		printf("Scancode: %x\n", inb(0x60)); // read from kb
+
+		PIC_sendEOI(1);
 	}
 }
 

kernel/arch/idt/idt_src.s

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ isr_stub_%+%1:
 	cld
 	push dword %1
 	call exception_handler
+	pop eax ; make sure to pop off the dword!!
 	popad
 	iret
 %endmacro
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ isr_stub_%+%1:
 	cld
 	push dword %1
 	call exception_handler
+	pop eax
 	popad
 	iret
 %endmacro