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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove 'e' from kprope structure members
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:20:53 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47606CD5.6050403@goop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47606A00.2080108@zytor.com>

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 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.) 

OK, great.  I was just confused because the patch changelog didn't give
a proper rationale for the change (the 'e' isn't superfluous, and
removing it isn't a goal in itself).

    J

  reply	other threads:[~2007-12-12 23:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found] ` <47602776.10408@zytor.com>
2007-12-12 19:27   ` [PATCH] x86: Remove 'e' from kprope structure members Harvey Harrison
2007-12-12 23:00     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-12-12 23:08       ` Harvey Harrison
2007-12-12 23:08       ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-12-12 23:20         ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]
2007-12-12 23:24           ` H. Peter Anvin

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