linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: use enum instead of literals for trap values

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Date:	Fri, 9 Mar 2012 10:21:52 -0800
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@....edu>,
	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: use enum instead of literals for trap values

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 9:57 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> On 03/09/2012 08:30 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 1:28 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>>>
>>> * Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The traps are referred to by their numbers and it can be difficult to
>>>> understand them while reading the code without context. This patch adds
>>>> enumeration of the trap numbers and replaces the numbers with the correct
>>>> enum for x86.
>>>>
>
> I have to admit personally to prefer something like X86_XCP_XX where XX
> is the two-letter code that the Intel documentation uses for that trap,
> i.e. #GP, #BR, #MC and so on.

We need a single person to decide on this bike shed color. :) If the
list of enum names can be agreed on, I'll be happy to do the
search/replace for it.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
ChromeOS Security
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