linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 03/44] x86/asm/head: rename 'stack_start' -> 'initial

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Message-ID: <CACbG309-9_pVraDYNTKczATMMLSdSjQ_Jyvb=pFkabuos9pQrg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 5 Aug 2016 10:28:39 -0500
From:	Nilay Vaish <nilayvaish@...il.com>
To:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/44] x86/asm/head: rename 'stack_start' -> 'initial_stack'

On 4 August 2016 at 17:21, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com> wrote:
> The 'stack_start' variable is similar in usage to 'initial_code' and
> 'initial_gs': they're all stored in head_64.S and they're all updated by
> SMP and ACPI suspend before starting a CPU.
>
> Rename it to 'initial_stack' to be consistent with the others.
>

May be change the following line as well:

./arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S:69:     * Setup stack for verify_cpu().
"-8" because stack_start is defined


--
Nilay