Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] x86: two-phase syscall tracing and seccomp fastpath

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Thu Jul 31 2014 - 13:20:34 EST


On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 09:56:48AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 07/30/2014 10:25 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> >
> > And yet x86_64 has this code implemented in assembly even in the
> > slowpath. Go figure.
> >
>
> There is way too much assembly in entry_64.S probably because things
> have been grafted on, ahem, "organically". It is darn nigh impossible
> to even remotely figure out what goes on in that file.

Always warn your family and give them an estimate return hour before opening that file.
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