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[Xen-devel] Re: [patch 12/26] Xen-paravirt_ops: Fix patch site clobbers

To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [patch 12/26] Xen-paravirt_ops: Fix patch site clobbers to include return register
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:26:26 +0100
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* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Fix a few clobbers to include the return register.  The clobbers set 
> is the set of all registers modified (or may be modified) by the code 
> snippet, regardless of whether it was deliberate or accidental.

i guess we need these paravirt.h clobber fixes for v2.6.21 (VMI) too, 
correct?

        Ingo

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