linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86: structs for cpuid info in x86

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Message-ID: <20140917141227.GN2840@worktop.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:12:27 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
	Nadav Amit <namit@...technion.ac.il>, pbonzini@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86: structs for cpuid info in x86

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 02:37:10PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> If hpa, tglx or Linus objects I'll yield to that objection 
> though.
> 
> Opinions, objections?

They generally look fine to me. I appreciate the bitfields for
readability. I often use the same when having to deal with hardware
bitfields. See for example the cpuid10_a?x unions in asm/perf_event.h
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