linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 18/25] [PATCH] turn priviled operations into macros in entry.S

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Date:	Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:53:53 -0300
From:	"Glauber de Oliveira Costa" <glommer@...il.com>
To:	"Andi Kleen" <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	"Glauber de Oliveira Costa" <gcosta@...hat.com>, lguest@...abs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
	anthony@...emonkey.ws, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/25] [PATCH] turn priviled operations into macros in entry.S

On 8/8/07, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote:
> > > Similar.
> > I don't think so. They are live here, but restore_args follows, so we
> > can safely clobber anything here. Right?
>
> The non argument registers cannot be clobbered.
But they are not. Yeah, I ommited it in the changelog, (it is in a
comment at paravirt.h), should probably include. the CLBR_ defines
only accounts for the caller-saved registers.


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