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From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@suse.com>
To: Feng Wu <feng.wu@intel.com>
Cc: keir.xen@gmail.com, xen-devel@lists.xen.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86: Use alternative mechanism to define CLAC/STAC
Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 16:42:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5384CE7D020000780001602D@mail.emea.novell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1401089273-16425-4-git-send-email-feng.wu@intel.com>

>>> On 26.05.14 at 09:27, <feng.wu@intel.com> wrote:
> -#define ASM_STAC ASM_AC(STAC)
> -#define ASM_CLAC ASM_AC(CLAC)
> +#define ASM_CLAC                                                       \
> +        661: ASM_NOP3;                                                 \
> +        .pushsection .altinstr_replacement, "ax";                      \
> +        662: __ASM_CLAC;                                               \
> +        .popsection;                                                   \
> +        .pushsection .altinstructions, "a";                            \
> +        altinstruction_entry 661b, 662b, X86_FEATURE_SMAP, 3, 3;       \
> +        .popsection
> +
> +#define ASM_STAC                                                       \
> +        661: ASM_NOP3;                                                 \
> +        .pushsection .altinstr_replacement, "ax";                      \
> +        662: __ASM_STAC;                                               \
> +        .popsection;                                                   \
> +        .pushsection .altinstructions, "a";                            \
> +        altinstruction_entry 661b, 662b, X86_FEATURE_SMAP, 3, 3;       \
> +        .popsection

I made the same comment on your original SMAP patches already:
There's no point in having all this duplication. All you want to
replace if ASM_AC().

Jan

      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-05-27 15:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-26  7:27 [PATCH 0/3] x86: Use alternative mechanism to define CLAC/STAC Feng Wu
2014-05-26  7:27 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86: Add definitions for NOP operation Feng Wu
2014-05-26 15:04   ` Andrew Cooper
2014-05-26  7:27 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86: Port the basic alternative mechanism from Linux to Xen Feng Wu
2014-05-26 15:40   ` Andrew Cooper
2014-05-26 16:16     ` Jan Beulich
2014-05-27  6:13     ` Wu, Feng
2014-05-27  9:30       ` Jan Beulich
2014-05-27 15:35   ` Jan Beulich
2014-05-26  7:27 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86: Use alternative mechanism to define CLAC/STAC Feng Wu
2014-05-26 15:49   ` Andrew Cooper
2014-05-26 16:18     ` Jan Beulich
2014-05-26 16:22       ` Andrew Cooper
2014-05-27  6:24     ` Wu, Feng
2014-05-27 15:42   ` Jan Beulich [this message]

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