[PATCH v2 2/9] aarch64: Align SFrame terminology in comments to specs and x86
Indu Bhagat
indu.bhagat@oracle.com
Sat Feb 24 07:44:25 GMT 2024
On 2/23/24 09:07, Jens Remus wrote:
> Use the term "frame pointer" (FP) instead of "base pointer". This aligns
> with the terminology used in the SFrame specification. Additionally it
> helps not to confuse "base-pointer register" with the term "BASE_REG"
> used in the specification to denote either the SP or FP register.
>
Thanks for noticing and fixing these.
> While at it align the frame-pointer and return address register comments
> to the x86 AMD64 ones.
>
> gas/
> * config/tc-aarch64.h: Align SFrame terminology in comments to
> specs and x86 AMD64.
>
Subsequent lines in the ChangeLog need re-indentation as pointed out in
review of [Patch 1/9]. I will skip mentioning this for the rest of the
patches in this series from here.
> Reviewed-by: Andreas Krebbel <krebbel@linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>
> Notes (jremus):
> This patch can be dropped, if subsequent patch "sframe: Enhance comments
> for SFRAME_CFA_*_REG macros" gets accepted.
>
Yes, makes sense. Lets drop this patch and keep the next one.
Thanks
> gas/config/tc-aarch64.h | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gas/config/tc-aarch64.h b/gas/config/tc-aarch64.h
> index 1b8badad9fdc..599d78db7908 100644
> --- a/gas/config/tc-aarch64.h
> +++ b/gas/config/tc-aarch64.h
> @@ -271,11 +271,11 @@ extern bool aarch64_support_sframe_p (void);
> extern unsigned int aarch64_sframe_cfa_sp_reg;
> #define SFRAME_CFA_SP_REG aarch64_sframe_cfa_sp_reg
>
> -/* The base-pointer register number for CFA stack trace info. */
> +/* The frame-pointer register number for SFrame stack trace info. */
> extern unsigned int aarch64_sframe_cfa_fp_reg;
> #define SFRAME_CFA_FP_REG aarch64_sframe_cfa_fp_reg
>
> -/* The return address register number for CFA stack trace info. */
> +/* The return address register number for SFrame stack trace info. */
> extern unsigned int aarch64_sframe_cfa_ra_reg;
> #define SFRAME_CFA_RA_REG aarch64_sframe_cfa_ra_reg
>
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