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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 5 of 7] x86/paravirt: add register-saving thunks 
 
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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 5 of 7] x86/paravirt: add register-saving thunks to reduce caller register pressure | 
 
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Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> | 
 
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Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:37:21 -0800 | 
 
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Andi Kleen wrote:
 
I had something like this (but not as generic) for the old pre
unification semaphores on x86-64 too. I think it's a generally useful
facility for lots of things (in fact I've been asking gcc developers
for providing this in a general way for some time).
   
 
What other users do you have in mind?
 
So I would suggest to move the necessary macros to do that outside
paravirt.h into a separate include so that it can be used independently
and not call it PV_*.
 
 
 That wouldn't be too hard to do, but I don't think its something we 
should do lightly.  There are quite a few pitfalls, and the bugs can get 
pretty obscure.  It would also mean bringing out a lot of the PV_CALL 
machinery, and I'm not sure we really want to give that too much 
exposure in the light of day.
   J
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