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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 21:43:07 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 13/21] x86/asm/crypto: Fix frame pointer usage in
 aesni-intel_asm.S
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* Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote:

>  ENTRY(aesni_set_key)
> +	FRAME
>  #ifndef __x86_64__
>  	pushl KEYP
>  	movl 8(%esp), KEYP		# ctx
> @@ -1905,6 +1907,7 @@ ENTRY(aesni_set_key)
>  #ifndef __x86_64__
>  	popl KEYP
>  #endif
> +	ENDFRAME
>  	ret
>  ENDPROC(aesni_set_key)

So cannot we make this a bit more compact and less fragile?

Instead of:

	ENTRY(aesni_set_key)
		FRAME
	...
		ENDFRAME
		ret
	ENDPROC(aesni_set_key)


How about writing this as:

	FUNCTION_ENTRY(aesni_set_key)
	...
	FUNCTION_RETURN(aesni_set_key)

which does the same thing in a short, symmetric construct?

One potential problem with this approach would be that what 'looks' like an entry 
declaration, but it will now generate real code.

OTOH if people find this intuitive enough then it's a lot harder to mess it up, 
and I think 'RETURN' makes it clear enough that there's a real instruction 
generated there.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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