linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/5] perf/x86/intel/pt: IP filtering register/cpuid bits

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Date:	Thu, 21 Apr 2016 22:37:52 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	vince@...ter.net, eranian@...gle.com,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/5] perf/x86/intel/pt: IP filtering register/cpuid
 bits

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 08:55:38PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> I have to disagree here. The MSRs itself can really go into msr-index.h while
> the bit definitions might go elsewhere. What's wrong with having all MSRs at a
> central place?

Same reason as for pci_ids.h - to contain only MSRs which are used in
multiple compilation units.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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