linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] x86/asm: add _ASM_ARG* constants for argument registers to <asm/asm.h>

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 13:59:45 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     hpa@...or.com
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        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] x86/asm: add _ASM_ARG* constants for argument
 registers to <asm/asm.h>

On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 1:48 PM H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
>
> On 06/13/18 14:05, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
> >
> > i386 and x86-64 uses different registers for arguments; make them
> > available so we don't have to #ifdef in the actual code.
> >
> > Native size and specified size (q, l, w, b) versions are provided.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
>
> I still object to Suggested-by: here.  Sedat did a correction, which is
> a Reviewed-by:, but unless I'm completely out to sea, there was no
> suggestion on Sedat's part of this; and I had certainly not seen it when
> I wrote the code.

I'm fine with changing it from a Suggested-by to a Reviewed-by.  Can
you do that when you apply the set, or should I send a v6?
-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers