Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 Feb 2016 13:08:16 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy |
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* Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 12:27:32PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > Btw., IIRC GAS is being silly about .L, i.e. there's a difference between these > > two variants: > > > > .Lerror_entry_from_usermode_swapgs: > > .L_error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs: > > > > the latter would be easier to read, but does not result in a local label last I > > checked. > > > > Right? > > Seems to build ok here with "GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.26.51.20151207". > Perhaps some bug with older gas...?
Hm, indeed - I just tried it too.
This means that the (slightly) more readable .L_ prefix is preferred.
Thanks,
Ingo
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