On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Borislav Petkov <b...@alien8.de> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 12:07:35AM +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>> Sequences
>>         pushl_cfi %reg
>>         CFI_REL_OFFSET reg, 0
>> and
>>         popl_cfi %reg
>>         CFI_RESTORE reg
>> happen quite often. This patch adds macros which generate them.
>>
>> No assembly changes (verified with objdump -dr vmlinux.o).
>
> ...
>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h
>> index f6f1598..de1cdaf 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/dwarf2.h
>> @@ -86,11 +86,23 @@
>>       CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 8
>>       .endm
>>
>> +     .macro pushq_cfi_reg reg
>> +     pushq %\reg
>> +     CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 8
>> +     CFI_REL_OFFSET \reg, 0
>> +     .endm
>
> What's wrong with adding the CFI_REL_OFFSET to the pushl/popl_cfi macro
> and not add two new _reg macros?
>
> I.e., have the _cfi macros add all the CFI annotations needed.
>

I think that some users don't want the CFI_REL_OFFSET.  Also, there's
that pesky % sign.

--Andy

> --
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
>
> Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
> --



-- 
Andy Lutomirski
AMA Capital Management, LLC
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