Re: [PATCH v2 05/23] x86/boot/reloc: create generic alloc and copy functions

[Jan Beulich]

>>> On 20.07.15 at 16:29, <address@hidden> wrote:
> Create generic alloc and copy functions. We need
> separate tools for memory allocation and copy to
> provide multiboot2 protocol support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <address@hidden>
> ---
> v2 - suggestions/fixes:
>    - generalize new functions names
>      (suggested by Jan Beulich),
>    - reduce number of casts
>      (suggested by Jan Beulich).

This contradicts retaining Andrew's R-b tag. Please remember to
drop tags for everything you make non-trivial changes to.

> @@ -55,50 +56,64 @@ static void *reloc_mbi_struct(void *old, unsigned int 
> bytes)
>      "    sub  %1,%0                   \n"
>      "    and  $~15,%0                 \n"
>      "    mov  %0,alloc-1b(%%edx)      \n"
> -    "    mov  %0,%%edi                \n"
> -    "    rep  movsb                   \n"
> -       : "=&r" (new), "+c" (bytes), "+S" (old)
> -     : : "edx", "edi", "memory");
> -    return new;
> +       : "=&r" (s) : "r" (bytes) : "edx", "memory");

Can't "bytes" use a simple "g" constraint now?

Preferably (i.e. if correct) this changed
Acked-by: Jan Beulich <address@hidden>

Jan