Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: cleanup __copy_user_nocache()

[Toshi Kani]

On Wed, 2016-02-17 at 09:02 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Add comments to __copy_user_nocache() to clarify its procedures
> > and alignment requirement.
> > 
> > Also change numeric branch target labels to named labels.ÂÂThe
> > labels begin with ".L" and prefix "cun" (Copy User Nocache) to
> > keep them local and unique to the function.
> 
> So the .L labels are local, i.e. they are not emitted into the symbol
> table.
> 
> I.e. no need to name them globally!

Right, but I thought there is risk of conflicting the names with other copy
functions in the file when they also start using descriptive labels. ÂFor
instance, ".L_finish_copy" can be easily used by other copy functions as
well.


> I've done a s/Lcun_/L_/ over the patch.

Thanks,
-Toshi