linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: Rename define to CPU_BASED_USE_TSC

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Message-ID: <20200114172751.GD16784@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:27:51 -0800
From:   Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Tony W Wang-oc <TonyWWang-oc@...oxin.com>,
        Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: Rename define to CPU_BASED_USE_TSC_OFFSETTING

On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 10:31:38AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 12:16:10PM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 07:52:16PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 10:42:17AM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > > > Doesn't bother me, I could do it in a patch ontop. But your call.
> > > > 
> > > > No objection here.
> > > 
> > > Something like this:
> > > 
> > > ---
> > > From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> > > 
> > > ... so that "offsetting" is spelled the same as the respective VMX feature
> > > bit VMX_FEATURE_TSC_OFFSETTING.
> > > 
> > > No functional changes.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> > > ---
> > 
> > Reviewed-and-tested-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
> 
> Yah, so I tried to do a test-merge with linux-next to see what surprises should
> I be prepared for and there's the first one:
> 
> 5e3d394fdd9e ("KVM: VMX: Fix the spelling of CPU_BASED_USE_TSC_OFFSETTING")
> 
> which is already in Paolo's tree. Dropping it on my side.

Doh, now that you point it out, I remember that patch going by.  Sorry I
didn't recall it earlier.

Thanks for your help!