Re: [GIT PULL] x86: cleanup alternative.h

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Tue Apr 28 2009 - 14:11:33 EST


* H. Peter Anvin (hpa@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > Please try to align both the continuation backslashes and the
> > comments vertically. Something like:
> >
> >> +#define ALTERNATIVE(oldinstr, newinstr, feature) \
> >> + \
> >> + "661:\n\t" oldinstr "\n662:\n" \
> >> + ".section .altinstructions,\"a\"\n" \
> >> + _ASM_ALIGN "\n" \
> >> + _ASM_PTR "661b\n" /* label */ \
> >> + _ASM_PTR "663f\n" /* new instruction */ \
> >> + " .byte " __stringify(feature) "\n" /* feature bit */ \
> >> + " .byte 662b-661b\n" /* sourcelen */ \
> >> + " .byte 664f-663f\n" /* replacementlen */ \
> >
> > ... should do the trick. (also note the extra line after the #define)
> >
>
> This formatting seems a bit odd; _ASM_ALIGN, _ASM_PTR, and .section are
> functionally equivalent to the opcode field, as is .byte, so the shift
> in indentation for the .byte lines seems odd at best.
>

OK, I'll repost with corrected indentation. I tried to follow the
original style as closely as possible, but indeed a cleanup is needed
here.

Mathieu

> -hpa
>
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>

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