linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: Convert some slow-path static_cpu_has() callers to boot_cpu

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Date:   Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:50:48 +0100
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Thomas Lendacky <Thomas.Lendacky@....com>,
        linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86: Convert some slow-path static_cpu_has() callers
 to boot_cpu_has()

On 30/03/2019 12:20, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> 
> Using static_cpu_has() is pointless on those paths, convert them to the
> boot_cpu_has() variant.
> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Reported-by: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

For the paravirt part: Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Juergen