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

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Message-ID: <20100614173926.GA23754@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:39:26 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
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>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
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	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
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	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/14] X86 instruction analysis: Move Macro W to insn.h

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.

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