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Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 15:15:49 -0500
From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clean up x86 interrupt entry code
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Robert Love wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 15:03, Brian Gerst wrote:
> 
> 
>>-ENTRY(ret_from_intr)
>>-	GET_THREAD_INFO(%ebx)
>>-	init_ret_intr
>>+ret_from_intr:
>>+	preempt_stop
>>+	DEC_PRE_COUNT(%ebx)
> 
> 
> You removed GET_THREAD_INFO and there does not seem to be a
> replacement.  Is there some assurance *thread_info is now pointed to by
> %ebx here?
> 
> 	Robert Love
> 

Yes.  It is set before the INC_PRE_COUNT and since it is preserved by 
called functions it is still set when it gets to ret_from_intr.

-- 

						Brian Gerst

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