Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] entry: Add some arch funcs to support arm64 to use generic entry

[Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>]

On 22/08/2024 14:36, Jinjie Ruan wrote:
>>> +/**
>>> + * arch_exit_to_kernel_mode_prepare - Architecture specific final work before
>>> + *				      exit to kernel mode.
>>> + */
>>> +static inline void arch_exit_to_kernel_mode_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs);
>> Any reason to suffix this function with "prepare"? Just
>> arch_exit_to_kernel_mode() seems appropriate (symmetric with
>> arch_enter_from_kernel_mode()).
> prepare means it is the first function before all other exit_to_kernel
> operation in irqentry_exit(), but as the order problem, it can be
> adjusted to the last to aligh with the older arm64 version.

I understand the rationale, but I don't think this aligns very well with
the other hooks - they are generally called after the functions they are
called from, without suggesting where they are called (beginning/end of
the function). In particular we already have
arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare(), which is named so because it is called
from exit_to_user_mode_prepare(). If we use "prepare" as a suffix here,
I'm concerned we're confusing rather than clarifying things.

Kevin