linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 028/159] x86/asm: Dont use the confusing .ifeq directive

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Message-Id: <20171222084625.283687193@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Fri, 22 Dec 2017 09:45:13 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Andrei Vagin <avagin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 028/159] x86/asm: Dont use the confusing .ifeq directive

4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>

commit 82c62fa0c49aa305104013cee4468772799bb391 upstream.

I find the '.ifeq <expression>' directive to be confusing.  Reading it
quickly seems to suggest its opposite meaning, or that it's missing an
argument.

Improve readability by replacing all of its x86 uses with
'.if <expression> == 0'.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc: Andrei Vagin <avagin@...tuozzo.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/757da028e802c7e98d23fbab8d234b1063e161cf.1508516398.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S |    2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S |    2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ ENTRY(\sym)
 
 	ASM_CLAC
 
-	.ifeq \has_error_code
+	.if \has_error_code == 0
 	pushq	$-1				/* ORIG_RAX: no syscall to restart */
 	.endif
 
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ ENTRY(early_idt_handler_array)
 	# 24(%rsp) error code
 	i = 0
 	.rept NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS
-	.ifeq (EXCEPTION_ERRCODE_MASK >> i) & 1
+	.if ((EXCEPTION_ERRCODE_MASK >> i) & 1) == 0
 	pushl $0		# Dummy error code, to make stack frame uniform
 	.endif
 	pushl $i		# 20(%esp) Vector number
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ ENDPROC(start_cpu0)
 ENTRY(early_idt_handler_array)
 	i = 0
 	.rept NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS
-	.ifeq (EXCEPTION_ERRCODE_MASK >> i) & 1
+	.if ((EXCEPTION_ERRCODE_MASK >> i) & 1) == 0
 		UNWIND_HINT_IRET_REGS
 		pushq $0	# Dummy error code, to make stack frame uniform
 	.else