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authorRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2009-07-30 18:03:45 -0400
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2009-07-30 02:33:46 -0400
commita91d74a3c4de8115295ee87350c13a329164aaaf (patch)
tree02c862fccc9abedf7fc354061e69c4b5fbcce06d /arch/x86/include
parent2e04ef76916d1e29a077ea9d0f2003c8fd86724d (diff)
lguest: update commentry
Every so often, after code shuffles, I need to go through and unbitrot the Lguest Journey (see drivers/lguest/README). Since we now use RCU in a simple form in one place I took the opportunity to expand that explanation. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/lguest_hcall.h8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/lguest_hcall.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/lguest_hcall.h
index cceb73e12e50..ba0eed8aa1a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/lguest_hcall.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/lguest_hcall.h
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
35 * operations? There are two ways: the direct way is to make a "hypercall", 35 * operations? There are two ways: the direct way is to make a "hypercall",
36 * to make requests of the Host Itself. 36 * to make requests of the Host Itself.
37 * 37 *
38 * We use the KVM hypercall mechanism. Seventeen hypercalls are 38 * We use the KVM hypercall mechanism, though completely different hypercall
39 * available: the hypercall number is put in the %eax register, and the 39 * numbers. Seventeen hypercalls are available: the hypercall number is put in
40 * arguments (when required) are placed in %ebx, %ecx, %edx and %esi. 40 * the %eax register, and the arguments (when required) are placed in %ebx,
41 * If a return value makes sense, it's returned in %eax. 41 * %ecx, %edx and %esi. If a return value makes sense, it's returned in %eax.
42 * 42 *
43 * Grossly invalid calls result in Sudden Death at the hands of the vengeful 43 * Grossly invalid calls result in Sudden Death at the hands of the vengeful
44 * Host, rather than returning failure. This reflects Winston Churchill's 44 * Host, rather than returning failure. This reflects Winston Churchill's