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Re: [PATCH v2] xen/x86: Zero out .bss for PV guests

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From Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
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Subject Re: [PATCH v2] xen/x86: Zero out .bss for PV guests
Date Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:40:02 +0100
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On 02/24/2016 11:05 AM, Brian Gerst wrote:
>
> Use the macros in <asm/asm.h> instead of defining your own.  Also,
> xorl %eax,%eax is good for 64-bit too, since the upper bits are
> cleared.

I suspected this would have to be defined somewhere but couldn't find 
it. Thanks!

-boris

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[PATCH v2] xen/x86: Zero out .bss for PV guests Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2016-02-24 16:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2] xen/x86: Zero out .bss for PV guests Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> - 2016-02-24 17:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2] xen/x86: Zero out .bss for PV guests Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2016-02-24 17:40 +0100
  Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] xen/x86: Zero out .bss for PV guests Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> - 2016-02-24 18:30 +0100
    Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] xen/x86: Zero out .bss for PV guests Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2016-02-24 18:50 +0100

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