Re: [PATCH 5/6] Begin abstraction of sensitive instructions: asm files

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > Abstract sensitive instructions in assembler code, replacing them with
> > macros (which currently are #defined to the native versions).  We use
> > long names: assembler is case-insensitive, so if something goes wrong
> > and macros do not expand, it would assemble anyway.
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> > @@ -76,8 +76,15 @@
> >  NT_MASK		= 0x00004000
> >  VM_MASK		= 0x00020000
> >  
> > +/* These are replaces for paravirtualization */
> > +#define DISABLE_INTERRUPTS		cli
> > +#define ENABLE_INTERRUPTS		sti
> > +#define ENABLE_INTERRUPTS_SYSEXIT	sti; sysexit
> > +#define INTERRUPT_RETURN		iret
> 
> Could we use some less verbose names, like possibly CLI, STI,
> STI_SYSEXIT, IRET ?

Apparently I can't read, it was explained in changelog. Could we still
use something shorter, like perhaps _CLI / _STI / _IRET ?
								Pavel
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