Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] x86/asm: add _ASM_ARG* constants for argument registers to <asm/asm.h>
From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Thu Jun 14 2018 - 20:18:38 EST
On 06/14/18 13:59, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 1:48 PM H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 06/13/18 14:05, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
>>> From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> i386 and x86-64 uses different registers for arguments; make them
>>> available so we don't have to #ifdef in the actual code.
>>>
>>> Native size and specified size (q, l, w, b) versions are provided.
>>>
>>> Suggested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> I still object to Suggested-by: here. Sedat did a correction, which is
>> a Reviewed-by:, but unless I'm completely out to sea, there was no
>> suggestion on Sedat's part of this; and I had certainly not seen it when
>> I wrote the code.
>
> I'm fine with changing it from a Suggested-by to a Reviewed-by. Can
> you do that when you apply the set, or should I send a v6?
>
I'm not handling patch mechanics for x86 at the moment.
-hpa