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SubjectRe: [PATCH 03/13] x86/paravirt: Convert native patch assembly code strings to macros
On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 10:58:24AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Convert the hard-coded native patch assembly code strings to macros to
> facilitate sharing common code between 32-bit and 64-bit.
>
> These macros will also be used by a future patch which requires the GCC
> extended asm syntax of two '%' characters instead of one when specifying
> a register name.
>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_32.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
> arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c | 29 +++++++++++++++--------------
> 3 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
> index ac402c6fc24b..0549c5f2c1b3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
> @@ -6,6 +6,30 @@
>
> #include <asm/nops.h>
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> +# define _REG_ARG1 "%rdi"
> +# define NATIVE_IDENTITY_32 "mov %edi, %eax"

Yeah, that "identity" looks strange. How about NATIVE_NOOP and
NATIVE_NOOP_32 ?

> +# define NATIVE_USERGS_SYSRET64 "swapgs; sysretq"
> +#else
> +# define _REG_ARG1 "%eax"
> +#endif
> +
> +#define _REG_RET "%" _ASM_AX
> +
> +#define NATIVE_ZERO "xor " _REG_ARG1 ", " _REG_ARG1

NATIVE_ZERO_OUT

I guess. NATIVE_ZERO reads like the native representation of 0 :-)

...

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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