Re: [PATCH 14/20] x86/barrier: Use alternative_io() in 32-bit barrier functions

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 at 13:49, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> because that ARG(), ARG(), ARGC() pattern looks odd to me.
>
> Maybe it's just me.

Oh, and the other thing I reacted to is that I think the
"alternative_io()" thing should be renamed.

The "io" makes me think "actual I/O". As in PCI or disks or whatever.
It always read oddly, but now it's *comletely* pointless, because the
new macro model actually takes pretty much arbitrary asm arguments, to
the "both input and output arguments" no longer makes any real sense.

So I think it would be better to just call this "alternative_asm()",
and make naming simpler. Hmm?

            Linus