Re: [PATCH 2/9] x86: Add support for rd/wr fs/gs base

[Andy Lutomirski]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Please add a patch before this one that renames gs to gsbase.  This is
>> unreadable as is.
>
> I investigated this now, and it's not straight forward because on 32bit
> ->gs is actually gsindex, not gsbase. So with a straight rename you
> would end up with index in base on 32bit, which would be confusing.
>

I would take this inconsistency as a reason why this needs to be fixed
before any further changes are made.

The variables should be called "gsbase" and "gsindex", full stop.
It's not particularly risky -- we could even compare the generated
code if we cared.

--Andy