Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove 'e' from kprope structure members

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Dec 12 2007 - 18:09:40 EST


Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
Harvey Harrison wrote:
Some kprobe structure members had a superfluous e in their
name.

eflags -> flags
esp -> sp

eflags and esp are the actual machine register names (at least in
32-bit), and therefore more distinctive than just "flags".

If this is in preparation for a unification then OK, but I disagree if
not (and technically 64-bit should be using rsp/rflags).


Yes, that's the whole point (unification.)

-hpa

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