Re: [RFC PATCH] Rename ia32entry.S to entry_64_compat_32.S

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Fri Jun 05 2015 - 17:11:06 EST


Call it sys if it is now only the system call entry points. Agreed with _64_compat too.

Breaking up these snarls of spaghetti assembly will be a blessing.

On June 5, 2015 6:37:14 AM PDT, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 03:00:29PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> I'm wondering what people think about this naming scheme:
>>
>> entry_32.S # 32-bit binaries on 32-bit
>kernels
>> entry_64.S # 64-bit binaries on 64-bit
>kernels
>> entry_64_compat_32.S # 32-bit binaries on 64-bit
>kernels
>>
>> Another option would be:
>>
>> arch/x86/entry/sys_32.S
>> arch/x86/entry/sys_64.S
>> arch/x86/entry/sys_64_compat.S
>
>I like this one better because entry_64_compat_32 kinda has both
>bitness in
>there and confuses me more.
>
>Just my 2 Â. :)

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