linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86/cpufeature: Remove static_cpu

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:39:10 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86/cpufeature: Remove static_cpu_has()

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:04:02AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Looks good except for the subject line -- you didn't actually remove
> static_cpu_has :)

Yeah, a proper explanation didn't fit in the commit name line. So I did:

"x86/cpufeature: Remove the old unsafe static_cpu_has()

... and rename the safe one to static_cpu_has(), thereby making the safe
variant the default.

..."

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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