Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 00/10] x86: register renaming (part I)

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20/12/2016 09:55, Jan Beulich wrote:
> This is a first (of three, as far as current plans go) steps to do away
> with misleading register names (eax instead of rax).
>
> 01: x86/MSR: introduce MSR access split/fold helpers
> 02: x86/guest-walk: use unambiguous register names
> 03: x86/shadow: use unambiguous register names
> 04: x86/oprofile: use unambiguous register names
> 05: x86/HVM: use unambiguous register names
> 06: x86/HVMemul: use unambiguous register names
> 07: x86/SVM: use unambiguous register names
> (VMX counterpart omitted for now, as I'll need to re-base)
> 08: x86/vm-event: use unambiguous register names
> 09: x86/traps: use unambiguous register names
> 10: x86/misc: use unambiguous register names
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>

I haven't looked at these carefully, but they all seem to be sensible
mechanical changes, so

Acked-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

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