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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:56:57 +0200 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> To: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> Cc: lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] Begin abstraction of sensitive instructions: asm files Hi! > > Abstract sensitive instructions in assembler code, replacing them with > > macros (which currently are #defined to the native versions). We use > > long names: assembler is case-insensitive, so if something goes wrong > > and macros do not expand, it would assemble anyway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > @@ -76,8 +76,15 @@ > > NT_MASK = 0x00004000 > > VM_MASK = 0x00020000 > > > > +/* These are replaces for paravirtualization */ > > +#define DISABLE_INTERRUPTS cli > > +#define ENABLE_INTERRUPTS sti > > +#define ENABLE_INTERRUPTS_SYSEXIT sti; sysexit > > +#define INTERRUPT_RETURN iret > > Could we use some less verbose names, like possibly CLI, STI, > STI_SYSEXIT, IRET ? Apparently I can't read, it was explained in changelog. Could we still use something shorter, like perhaps _CLI / _STI / _IRET ? Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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