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Message-ID: <CALCETrWPT5QQ-mkMnEExMWzSOMmr9f5h4La_m-AXQmvvX+WfLw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 15:08:46 -0700
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] x86: Add support for rd/wr fs/gs base
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
>> Please add a patch before this one that renames gs to gsbase. This is
>> unreadable as is.
>
> I investigated this now, and it's not straight forward because on 32bit
> ->gs is actually gsindex, not gsbase. So with a straight rename you
> would end up with index in base on 32bit, which would be confusing.
>
I would take this inconsistency as a reason why this needs to be fixed
before any further changes are made.
The variables should be called "gsbase" and "gsindex", full stop.
It's not particularly risky -- we could even compare the generated
code if we cared.
--Andy
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