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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2014-05-30 15:19:21 (GMT)
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2014-05-30 15:19:21 (GMT)
commitc9e5a5a7034146493386d985ff432aed8059929a (patch)
tree7e814c4a1741ef21104bb21282f28b99c2c4ffd3
parent7496d6458fe3219d63848ce4a9afbd86245cab22 (diff)
downloadlinux-c9e5a5a7034146493386d985ff432aed8059929a.tar.xz
x86/xsave: Make it clear that the XSAVE macros use (%edi)/(%rdi)
The XSAVE instruction family takes a memory argment. The macros use (%edi)/(%rdi) as that memory argument - make that clear to the reader. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1401387164-43416-7-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h
index 1ba577c..bbebd6e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ extern void xsave_init(void);
extern void update_regset_xstate_info(unsigned int size, u64 xstate_mask);
extern int init_fpu(struct task_struct *child);
+/* These macros all use (%edi)/(%rdi) as the single memory argument. */
#define XSAVE ".byte " REX_PREFIX "0x0f,0xae,0x27"
#define XSAVEOPT ".byte " REX_PREFIX "0x0f,0xae,0x37"
#define XSAVES ".byte " REX_PREFIX "0x0f,0xc7,0x2f"