linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] x86/msr: Add write msr notrace

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Message-ID: <CANRm+CzYdn9449WE3pE0DwYE186DQ49qTdZPyTdFvv01TOoJgw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 31 Oct 2016 09:41:18 +0800
From:   Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kvm <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] x86/msr: Add write msr notrace

2016-10-31 7:46 GMT+08:00 Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 07:30:33AM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> Other functions like native_write_msr() and native_write_msr_safe()
>> etc are also not aligned, so your suggestion maybe result in
>> inconsistent.
>
> So align them too, while you're at it.
>
>> > And because we know what those are, you can convert them directly to u32.
>>
>> Ditto.
>
> You could convert the rest to u32/u64 in another patch, ontop or if you
> don't feel like it, I can take care of it.

I just fix my own "storage class should be at the beginning of the
declaration" coding style issue. Please feel free to handle align/u32
issues which existing before the patchset if you like. :)

Regards,
Wanpeng Li