linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/13] x86/paravirt: Convert native patch assembly code strings to macros

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Date:   Thu, 16 Nov 2017 15:04:05 -0600
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
        Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com>,
        Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/13] x86/paravirt: Convert native patch assembly code
 strings to macros

On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 11:46:18AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 04/10/17 17:58, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > Convert the hard-coded native patch assembly code strings to macros to
> > facilitate sharing common code between 32-bit and 64-bit.
> > 
> > These macros will also be used by a future patch which requires the GCC
> > extended asm syntax of two '%' characters instead of one when specifying
> > a register name.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
> 
> Mind adding another patch to merge the now nearly identical
> paravirt_patch_32.c and paravirt_patch_64.c either into paravirt.c
> or paravirt_patch.c? This would require only very few #ifdef.

Good idea, will do.

-- 
Josh