Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:08:48 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove 'e' from kprope structure members |
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Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > Harvey Harrison wrote: >> Some kprobe structure members had a superfluous e in their >> name. >> >> eflags -> flags >> esp -> sp >> > > eflags and esp are the actual machine register names (at least in > 32-bit), and therefore more distinctive than just "flags". > > If this is in preparation for a unification then OK, but I disagree if > not (and technically 64-bit should be using rsp/rflags). >
Yes, that's the whole point (unification.)
-hpa
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