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

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 2016 11:41:49 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	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 01/21/16 11:39, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 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.
> 

Replace the old static_cpu_has() with safe variant

	-hpa