linux-kernel - Re: processor flags

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Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:55:42 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: processor flags

Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> 
> And now I'm in confusion - the way of changing this code I see is the
> following:
> 
> - or use additional #ifdef CONFIG_VM86 in code where VM_MASK is used
>   (that would be ugly IMHO)
> - rename VM_MASK to say X86_EFLAGS_VM86 with that #ifdef remained
> - rest VM_MASK as it is
> 
> How do you think?
> 

I think what we should do is:

- Rename VM_MASK to X86_VM_MASK (it's x86-specific after all)
- Have:

#if CONFIG_VM86
# define X86_VM_MASK X86_EFLAGS_VM
#else
# define X86_VM_MASK 0		/* No V86 support */
#endif

	-hpa
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