linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/8] nolibc signal handling support

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Message-ID: <80abe382-b2e5-a323-1c6a-deb3c3b1e22c@gnuweeb.org>
Date:   Wed, 28 Dec 2022 19:23:57 +0700
From:   Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@...weeb.org>
To:     Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:     Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Gilang Fachrezy <gilang4321@...il.com>,
        VNLX Kernel Department <kernel@...x.org>,
        Alviro Iskandar Setiawan <alviro.iskandar@...weeb.org>,
        Kanna Scarlet <knscarlet@...weeb.org>,
        Muhammad Rizki <kiizuha@...weeb.org>,
        GNU/Weeb Mailing List <gwml@...r.gnuweeb.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kselftest Mailing List 
        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/8] nolibc signal handling support

On 12/28/22 1:58 AM, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> The nice thing about assembly is that once you know one, others are
> easy to learn to permit you to write code that you can test. You can
> have a look at MIPS for delayed slots, SPARC for register banks, ARM
> for instructions that do multiple operations at once and you'll have
> seen most of the basics that you'll ever need. Also all of these are
> RISC based and cannot load a full-length register in a single instruction,
> that's possibly the most confusing thing when you come from x86. And
> it's also very interesting to see differences in constraints ;-)

Sounds fun. I'll try to get involved with other arch(s). But before
that, I have to prepare the environment. At least virtualization
that emulates those arch(s).

-- 
Ammar Faizi