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From: Corneliu ZUZU <czuzu@bitdefender.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] x86: hvm events: merge 2 functions into
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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 14:24:22 +0200
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On 2/9/2016 2:12 PM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 09.02.16 at 12:52, <czuzu@bitdefender.com> wrote:
>> On 2/9/2016 1:19 PM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>>> On 08.02.16 at 17:57, <czuzu@bitdefender.com> wrote:
>>>> This patch merges almost identical functions hvm_event_int3
>>>> and hvm_event_single_step into a single function called
>>>> hvm_event_software_breakpoint.
>>> Except that "software breakpoint" is rather questionable a name
>>> here, considering that on x86 this is basically an alias for "int3".
>>> If it was "breakpoint", one might argue (see the other responses
>>> you've got) that breakpoint event resulting from debug register
>>> settings might then be candidates to come here too.
>> Yeah..should I then:
>> * keep both functions and only rename hvm_event_int3 to
>> hvm_event_software_breakpoint
> I actually think that the intention of folding two almost identical
> functions is a good one. I'm merely suggesting to think of a
> better name - perhaps just "breakpoint" or "debug event"?
>
>

SGTM. I'll change it to hvm_event_breakpoint then.

Corneliu.