linux-kernel - Re: [REGRESSION] S3 resume on SandyBridge doesn't work with NX protection (5bd5a45)

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Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:30:12 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	matthieu castet <castet.matthieu@...e.fr>
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Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] S3 resume on SandyBridge doesn't work with NX protection
 (5bd5a45)

On 01/21/2011 02:17 PM, matthieu castet wrote:
> Of course, but for example on x64, using smp trampoline to exit rm wakecode help
> to merge code in one place.

Yes, and there are numerous cleanups like that that can be done.

> Also the start of 32/64 bits trampoline (rm part) is really similar. The main difference is the verify_cpu
> check, but can't it be called latter (when we switch to 64 bits ) ?

One can *sometimes* do merges like that, but one has to be careful to
not make the code more complex instead of less by mistake.  Minor code
duplication is better than really ugly code.

	-hpa
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