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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/4] checkpoint/restart: x86 support
From: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Oren Laadan <orenl@cs.columbia.edu>
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On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 19:04 -0400, Oren Laadan wrote:
> > struct pt_regs is part of the kernel ABI, it will not change.
> 
> I'm in favor about keeping the format identical between the variations of
> each architecture. Note, however, that "struct pt_regs" won't do because it
> may change with these variations.

"Part of the kernel ABI" makes it sound to me like it won't change.
Who's right here? :)

-- Dave