Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:35:54 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86 signals: lift flags diddling code |
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* Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> wrote:
> This lifts the code diddling the TF and DF bits for signal handler > setup out of the several places copying the same code into the one > place that calls them all. There is no change in what it does. > > I also separated the recently-added DF bit clearing from the TF > diddling. The compiler turns them back into one instruction anyway. > The tossing in of DF to the same line of code with no new comments was > a bit more arcane than seems wise.
thanks Roland, applied.
Ingo
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