Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] x86/asm: add _ASM_ARG* constants for argument registers to <asm/asm.h>
From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Jun 21 2018 - 08:28:22 EST
* Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 5:17 PM H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Hi Ingo and Thomas,
> Have you had a chance to review this patch series for application?
>
> Note that Juergen (the paravirt maintainer) acked the series:
> https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37880
> The only issue being swapping a Suggested-by for a Reviewed-by tag for
> one commit, as above.
Could you please update the series with all suggestions and tags and send a new
series?
Thanks,
Ingo