On April 19, 2016 4:35:01 AM PDT, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 01:15:30PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: >> So I'd suggest the following renames to harmonize these concepts: >> >> - CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION => CONFIG_X86_32_ABI >> this lines up nicely with: CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI > >Except that the only difference now is the "X" in the strings. So one >would need more coffee when staring at those. :) > >> >> - is_ia32_syscall() -> is_x86_32_syscall() >> - is_x32_syscall() -> is_x86_x32_syscall() >> >> - is_compat_syscall() remains as-is. >> >> ... thoughts? > >Still, getting those names streamlined and logical is a step in the >right direction IMO. Let's use the i386 name instead of x86-32; that's what we use elsewhere in the kernel and is much easier to tell apart. Also, less likely to be caught up in "is this i386 only or *any* 32-bit call, including x32"? -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse brevity and formatting. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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