linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86 signals: lift flags diddling code

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Date:	Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:35:54 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86 signals: lift flags diddling code


* Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com> wrote:

> This lifts the code diddling the TF and DF bits for signal handler 
> setup out of the several places copying the same code into the one 
> place that calls them all.  There is no change in what it does.
> 
> I also separated the recently-added DF bit clearing from the TF 
> diddling. The compiler turns them back into one instruction anyway.  
> The tossing in of DF to the same line of code with no new comments was 
> a bit more arcane than seems wise.

thanks Roland, applied.

	Ingo
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