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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:47:00 +0100
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Subject: Re: use of setjmp/longjmp in x86 emulator.
From: Luca Barbieri <luca.barbieri@gmail.com>
To: Zachary Amsden <zamsden@redhat.com>
Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       mingo@elte.hu, avi@redhat.com, mtosatti@redhat.com
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How about an interface that works like setjmp/longjmp, but requires to
pass a function pointer to setjmp, which calls that function, and
allows longjmp to work in that function only?

This avoids all concerns about local variables and should be cleaner,
faster and simpler to implement.