linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 01/22] Documentation: LoongArch: Add basic documentations

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Date:   Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:07:56 +0800
From:   Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...il.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...ngson.cn>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Xuefeng Li <lixuefeng@...ngson.cn>,
        Yanteng Si <siyanteng@...ngson.cn>,
        Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 01/22] Documentation: LoongArch: Add basic documentations

Hi, Pavel,

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 4:37 AM Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> > Add some basic documentations for LoongArch. LoongArch is a new RISC
>
> ... documentation ...
OK, thanks.

>
> > +wide in LA64. $r0 is always zero, and other registers has no special feature,
>
> ...have no special features...
OK, thanks.

>
> > +but we actually have an ABI register conversion as below.
>
> convention?
Yes, should be convention here.

>
> > +``$r21``          ``$x``          Reserved            Unused
> > +``$r22``          ``$fp``         Frame pointer       Yes
> > +``$r23``-``$r31`` ``$s0``-``$s8`` Static registers    Yes
> > +================= =============== =================== ============
>
> Not sure I know the term 'static registers' before.
"Static register" comes from the MIPS code "SAVE_STATIC", maybe it is
called "Saved register" in other places, but I think "static register"
is also OK.

Huacai
>                                                                 Pavel