Re: [GIT PULL] x86: cleanup alternative.h

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Tue Apr 28 2009 - 13:42:01 EST


Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> Please try to align both the continuation backslashes and the
> comments vertically. Something like:
>
>> +#define ALTERNATIVE(oldinstr, newinstr, feature) \
>> + \
>> + "661:\n\t" oldinstr "\n662:\n" \
>> + ".section .altinstructions,\"a\"\n" \
>> + _ASM_ALIGN "\n" \
>> + _ASM_PTR "661b\n" /* label */ \
>> + _ASM_PTR "663f\n" /* new instruction */ \
>> + " .byte " __stringify(feature) "\n" /* feature bit */ \
>> + " .byte 662b-661b\n" /* sourcelen */ \
>> + " .byte 664f-663f\n" /* replacementlen */ \
>
> ... should do the trick. (also note the extra line after the #define)
>

This formatting seems a bit odd; _ASM_ALIGN, _ASM_PTR, and .section are
functionally equivalent to the opcode field, as is .byte, so the shift
in indentation for the .byte lines seems odd at best.

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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