Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86: Separate out x86_regset for 32 and 64 bit

From: Edgecombe, Rick P
Date: Tue Mar 15 2022 - 19:33:40 EST


On Tue, 2022-03-15 at 18:01 -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> So I am looking at this and am wondering if the enums should be:
>
> enum x86_32_regset {
> REGSET32_GENERAL,
> REGSET32_FP,
> REGSET32_XFP,
> REGSET32_XSTATE,
> REGSET32_TLS,
> REGSET32_IOPERM32,
> };
>
> enum x86_64_regset {
> REGSET64_GENERAL,
> REGSET64_FP,
> REGSET64_IOPERM64,
> REGSET64_XSTATE,
> };
>
>
> That is named in such a way that it emphasizes that the difference is
> the architecture. Otherwise it reads like the difference is the size
> of
> the registers in the regset. I am pretty certain that in your
> REGSET_FP32 and REGSET_FP64 all of the registers are 80 bits long.

Yes, that makes sense. I had just copied the format
of REGSET_IOPERM32/REGSET_IOPERM64, but I'll change it like you suggest
here.

Thanks,

Rick