linux-kernel - Re: [Part1 PATCH v4 13/17] x86/io: Unroll string I/O when SEV is active

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Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:08:35 -0500
From:   Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc:     brijesh.singh@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [Part1 PATCH v4 13/17] x86/io: Unroll string I/O when SEV is
 active



On 09/17/2017 10:08 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
...

>> +
>> +extern struct static_key_false __sev;
>> +static inline bool __sev_active(void)
>> +{
>> +	return static_branch_unlikely(&__sev);
>> +}
> 
> I'm still not happy about the two's sev_active() and __sev_active()
> naming. Perhaps the __ variant should be called sev_key_active() or ...
> 

Will rename it to sev_key_active() in next rev.

-Brijesh