linux-kernel - RE: [RFC PATCH v3 15/32] x86/fred: make unions for the cs and ss fields in struct pt

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Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:17:33 -0800
From:   "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:     "Li, Xin3" <xin3.li@...el.com>,
        "andrew.cooper3@...rix.com" <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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        "Christopherson,, Sean" <seanjc@...gle.com>,
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        "Shankar, Ravi V" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH v3 15/32] x86/fred: make unions for the cs and ss fields in struct pt_regs

On February 24, 2023 8:34:36 AM PST, "Li, Xin3" <xin3.li@...el.com> wrote:
>> > +	union {
>> > +		unsigned long  csl; /* CS + any fields above it */
>> 
>> I guess that CSL here is supposed to mean cs long, but CSL (Current Stack Level) is a
>> new term in the FRED spec which isn't this.
>
>Good catch!
>
>> 
>> This causes changes such as the final hunk in patch 27 to read incorrectly, despite
>> being technically correct.
>> 
>> cs_slot would be much clearer in code, but tbh, even cs_l would be better than the
>> version without an underscore.
>
>cs_slot sounds a good term unless someone comes up with a better one.
>
>> 
>> And obviously, whatever is done here should be mirrored for ss.
>
>Probably ss_slot then.
>  Xin
>

I called it csx, for "cs extended". "csq" would work, too.