Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761031AbZDQSKt (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:10:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932177AbZDQSK1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:10:27 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:39210 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932191AbZDQSK0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:10:26 -0400 Message-ID: <49E8C570.7030708@zytor.com> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:07:44 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Masami Hiramatsu CC: Jim Keniston , Ingo Molnar , Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli , Andi Kleen , kvm@vger.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt , Frederic Weisbecker , Andrew Morton , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , systemtap-ml , LKML , Vegard Nossum , Avi Kivity , Roland McGrath Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip 3/6 V4.1] x86: instruction decorder API References: <49D4F4E6.6060401@redhat.com> <49D69BCA.8060506@redhat.com> <49D69F39.4010101@zytor.com> <49D6ABD1.7040704@redhat.com> <1239058135.5212.43.camel@localhost.localdomain> <49DA8857.8030607@zytor.com> <49E7BFDC.8040305@redhat.com> <49E7C1B3.1070000@zytor.com> <49E884C2.9030409@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <49E884C2.9030409@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 685 Lines: 19 Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > > Aah, I see. So we'd better make a parser which generates internal > data structure from genuine opcode map in compilation time. > > And I changed my mind about internal data structure too. > In this version, I'll use a smallest bits which are needed > for the decoder. > Yes, and with a proper compile-time parser, that kind of things can be done, and be changed later if it is no longer appropriate. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/