Segher Boessenkool <seg...@kernel.crashing.org> writes: > On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 08:42:27AM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote: >> Le 10/06/2022 à 05:32, Rohan McLure a écrit : >> > .macro ZERO_REGS start, end >> > .Lreg=\start >> > .rept (\end - \start + 1) >> > li .Lreg, 0 >> > .Lreg=.Lreg+1 >> > .endr >> > .endm >> >> I'd have a preference for using a verb, for instance ZEROISE_REGS or >> CLEAR_REGS > > "Zero" is a verb as well (as well as a noun and an adjective) :-)
And "clear" is also a verb and an adjective, though helpfully the noun is "clearing" :D We could use "nullify", that has some existing usage in the kernel, although I don't really mind, "zeroise" sounds kind of cool :) cheers