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SubjectRe: [PATCH 07/18] x86/asm/64: Merge the fast and slow SYSRET paths

On Wed, 1 Nov 2017, Borislav Petkov wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 01, 2017 at 04:29:21AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > I'm inclined to leave it. I first wrote it without the long name and
> > then I had to re-read the code to make sure I got the register state
> > right. The long name serves as documentation that we need rcx and r11
> > to have special contents. There's only one place that jumps there and
> > it's in the same function.
>
> Frankly, I'd prefer a sane label name and a good comment over it instead
> of insanely long label name which is not as explanatory as a normal
> english sentence or two.

Comments are always appreciated, but in that code really expressive labels
make it way better to follow and prevent accidental wreckage.

Thanks,

tglx

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