linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] arch/x86/kvm: Refactor l1d flush lifecycle management

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Date:   Fri, 17 Apr 2020 22:34:27 +0000
From:   "Singh, Balbir" <sblbir@...zon.com>
To:     "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
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        "dave.hansen@...el.com" <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] arch/x86/kvm: Refactor l1d flush lifecycle management

On Fri, 2020-04-17 at 14:57 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
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> Balbir Singh <sblbir@...zon.com> writes:
> >  #include <asm-generic/cacheflush.h>
> >  #include <asm/special_insns.h>
> > 
> > +#define L1D_CACHE_ORDER 4
> 
> Newline between constants and declarations please
> 
> >  void clflush_cache_range(void *addr, unsigned int size);
> > +void *alloc_l1d_flush_pages(void);
> > +void cleanup_l1d_flush_pages(void *l1d_flush_pages);
> 
> Can we please have a consistent name space prefix?
> 
> l1d_flush_*()
> 

I used l1d_flush_pages as a noun and then a verb in front of it to denote
action alloc_l1d_flush_pages(), happy to change it over, don't feel to
strongly about it.

Balbir