Hi!
> > Abstract sensitive instructions in assembler code, replacing them with
> > macros (which currently are #defined to the native versions). We use
> > long names: assembler is case-insensitive, so if something goes wrong
> > and macros do not expand, it would assemble anyway.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > @@ -76,8 +76,15 @@
> > NT_MASK = 0x00004000
> > VM_MASK = 0x00020000
> >
> > +/* These are replaces for paravirtualization */
> > +#define DISABLE_INTERRUPTS cli
> > +#define ENABLE_INTERRUPTS sti
> > +#define ENABLE_INTERRUPTS_SYSEXIT sti; sysexit
> > +#define INTERRUPT_RETURN iret
>
> Could we use some less verbose names, like possibly CLI, STI,
> STI_SYSEXIT, IRET ?
Apparently I can't read, it was explained in changelog. Could we still
use something shorter, like perhaps _CLI / _STI / _IRET ?
Pavel
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