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RE: [PATCH v11 05/37] x86/trapnr: Add event type macros to <asm/trapnr.h>



> >> +EVENT_TYPE_PRIV_SWEXC    5    // INT1 #define EVENT_TYPE_SWEXC    6
> >> +// INTO, INT3
> >
> > nit: This turned into INTO (Oh) rather than INT0( zero) in v11
> 
> Yes, v11 corrected a bug in v10.
> 
> The INTO instruction is "INT on Overflow".  No zero involved.
> 
> INT3 is thusly named because it generates vector 3.  Similarly for INT1 
> although it
> had the unofficial name ICEBP long before INT1 got documented.
> 
> If INTO were to have a number, it would need to be 4, but it's behaviour is
> conditional on the overflow flag, unlike INT3/1 which are unconditional
> exceptions.

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