Re: [tip:x86/asm] objtool: Track DRAP separately from callee-saved registers

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Fri Aug 11 2017 - 12:26:10 EST


On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 9:22 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Question 1: What does DRAP stand for? Duplicate Return Address
> Pointer? Dynamic ReAlignment Pointer? I tried searching and got
> nothing.

I think it's "Dynamic Re-Alignment" register, but I may have just made that up.

Linus