linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/14] X86 instruction analysis: Move Macro W to insn.h

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:02:46 +0530
From:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>, Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Mark Wielaard <mjw@...hat.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/14] X86 instruction analysis: Move Macro W to
 insn.h

* Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> [2010-06-14 13:39:26]:

> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 01:58:03PM +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> > move_W_to_insn.patch
> > 
> > From: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > 
> > Move Macro W to asm/insn.h
> > 
> > Macro W used to know if the instructions are valid for
> > user-space/kernel space.  This macro is used by kprobes and
> > user_bkpt. (i.e user space breakpoint assistance layer.) So moving it
> > to a common header file asm/insn.h.
> 
> I don't think W is a good name for a macro in a header file.

Agree, Masami has also given the same comment earlier, I plan to move to
using inat tables instead of this macro. 

--
Thanks and Regards
Srikar
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