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Date:	Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:23:30 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc:	suravee.suthikulpanit@....com, mingo@...nel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	jacob.w.shin@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	acme@...stprotocols.net, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sherry.hurwitz@....com,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf/x86/amd: AMD support for bp_len >
 HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_8

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:48:36AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> fix tglx's address.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:58:31AM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > Is this perhaps a bit too generic? Extension can mean about everything
> > and who knows what other feature Intel and Amd will add to breakpoints
> > in the future.
> 
> Yeah, but that's the name of the feature. When they come up with another
> extension, they'll call it BP_EXT2, most probably...
> 
> :-)

:-)

Ok we can keep that naming then, at least on the feature symbol. But add a comment
on it.
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