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Message-ID: <20181017225829.GA32023@zn.tnic>
Date:   Thu, 18 Oct 2018 00:58:29 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>,
        Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@...hat.com>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        Vedvyas Shanbhogue <vedvyas.shanbhogue@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 03/27] x86/fpu/xstate: Introduce XSAVES system states

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 03:39:47PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Would you mind explaining this request? (requirement?)
> Other than to say that it is the preference of some maintainers,
> please say Why it is preferred.
> 
> and since the <type>s above won't typically be the same length,
> it's not for variable name alignment, right?

Searching the net a little, it shows you have asked that question
before. So what is it you really wanna know?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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