On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:12 AM Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 01:42:48PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > I realize that this is a somewhat arbitrary point in the series to > > complain about this, but: the kernel already has infrastructure to > > decode and fix up an instruction-based exception. See > > fixup_umip_exception(). Please refactor code so that you can share > > the same infrastructure rather than creating an entirely new thing. > > Okay, but 'infrastructure' is a bold word for the call path down > fixup_umip_exception(). I won't argue with that. > It uses the in-kernel instruction decoder, which > I already use in my patch-set. But I agree that some code in this > patch-set is duplicated and already present in the instruction decoder, > and that fixup_umip_exception() has more robust instruction decoding. > > I factor the instruction decoding part out and make is usable for the > #VC handler too and remove the code that is already present in the > instruction decoder. Thanks! > > Regards, > > Joerg >
