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

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Date:	Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:14:58 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, 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>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: use enum instead of literals for trap values

On Fri, 2012-03-09 at 20:08 +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:

> > Can use "VEC" instead "XCP", as Steven suggests.
> 
> Yeah, because those actually are fixed interrupt vectors, as they're
> called in the AMD docs. Makes sense.

I have to admit my bias may lean towards AMD's documentation as that's
the only x86_64 documentation I have/use. I don't know what Intel's
description is.

-- Steve


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