linux-kernel - Re: [patch] x86/realmode: Make stack lock work in trampoline

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Date:   Sat, 10 Jun 2023 23:51:21 +0100
From:   'Andrew Cooper' <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch] x86/realmode: Make stack lock work in trampoline_compat()

On 10/06/2023 8:50 pm, David Laight wrote:
> From: Andrew Cooper
>> Sent: 09 June 2023 00:58
>>
> ...
>> The important point is the l suffix on btsl, which forces it to be long
>> (32bit) irrespective of the default operand size.
> Does that matter at all?

Yes, or I wouldn't have wasted everyone's time saying otherwise.

I recommend educating yourself with the instruction manual, rather than
presenting a set of statements which are all wrong.

~Andrew