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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 19/29] x86/insn-eval: Add support to resolve 32-bit
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On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 08:54:22PM -0700, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> The new function get_addr_ref_32() is almost identical to the existing
> function insn_get_addr_ref() (used for 64-bit addresses); except for the
> differences mentioned above. For the sake of simplicity and readability,
> it is better to use two separate functions.

You're kidding, right?

You're not adding another small function - this new one is just as big. And
almost identical.

So if you split the whole handling into helpers - for example, each
if-clause is doing very similar things - you can carve out the repeating
pieces into helpers and then call them each time with the respective
parameters, you can get rid of all that needless duplication.

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