Re: [PATCH] x86/hweight: Don't clobber %rdi

[Jiri Kosina]

On Mon, 8 Aug 2016, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > > The caller expects %rdi to remain intact, push+pop it make that happen.
> > 
> > Indeed. Applied,
> 
> See also:
> 
>   lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LNX.2.00.1608081634530.22028@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Ville's patch is the proper thing to do; I still think the comments 
probably should be removed as they might provide more confusion than help, 
but that's a separate discussion.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs