linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] x86/cpufeatures: Combine word 11 and 12 into new scattered features word 11

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Date:   Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:10:10 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
        Christopherson Sean J <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Ravi V Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] x86/cpufeatures: Combine word 11 and 12 into new
 scattered features word 11

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 06:51:05AM -0700, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> CPUID_7_1_EAX is defined in patch 0003. Should I combine patch 0002 and 0003
> into one patch?

That was just an example diff. Generally, patches should do one logical
thing. In this case, I'd suggest you make the kvm change the first and
separate patch, from the other three.

> Need to check CPUID_LNX_2 and CPUID_LNX_3 as well?

Yes, all linux-defined feature words.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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