linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/entry: Remove `regs' parameter from idtentry_exit_cond

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:09:00 +0200
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        x86@...nel.org, "H . Peter Anvin " <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/entry: Remove `regs' parameter from
 idtentry_exit_cond_resched()

On 2020-06-30 13:14:30 [+0200], Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > -static void idtentry_exit_cond_resched(struct pt_regs *regs, bool may_sched)
> > +static void idtentry_exit_cond_resched(bool may_sched)
> 
> This is a style question; so far all idtentry_*() functions have regs
> passed. In the lockdep-vs-nmi series I introduce
> idtentry_{enter,exit}_nmi() both having an unused regs argument.
> 
> Not sure which way around I feel on this.

Do as you are pleased. I was more attached to the previous patch that to
this one :)

Sebastian