Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86 signals: lift flags diddling code

Ingo Molnar
2008-04-21T12:37:20Z

* Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> wrote:

> This lifts the code diddling the TF and DF bits for signal handler
> setup out of the several places copying the same code into the one
> place that calls them all. There is no change in what it does.
>
> I also separated the recently-added DF bit clearing from the TF
> diddling. The compiler turns them back into one instruction anyway.
> The tossing in of DF to the same line of code with no new comments was
> a bit more arcane than seems wise.

thanks Roland, applied.

Ingo