Re: [PATCH] x86: use enum instead of literals for trap values

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Fri Mar 09 2012 - 15:13:34 EST


On 03/09/2012 11:08 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>
> So is this reserved or are we using it for Spurious IRQs? If we use it,
> then 'RES' is a bad name. Maybe we define our own like
>
> X86_VEC_SP
>
> and then do
>
> X86_VEC_IR for IRET
>
> in the manner we assumed for the rest?
>

Actually I prefer if we didn't use two-letter versions for the ones that
aren't defined in the documentation; especially IRET which is a pure
Linux invention.

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.

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