linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 36/76] x86/head/64: Load IDT earlier

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Message-ID: <20200829102405.GA29091@zn.tnic>
Date:   Sat, 29 Aug 2020 12:24:05 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>, hpa@...or.com,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Cfir Cohen <cfir@...gle.com>,
        Erdem Aktas <erdemaktas@...gle.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Mike Stunes <mstunes@...are.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Martin Radev <martin.b.radev@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 36/76] x86/head/64: Load IDT earlier

On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 10:54:31AM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> @@ -385,3 +386,25 @@ void __init alloc_intr_gate(unsigned int n, const void *addr)
>  	if (!WARN_ON(test_and_set_bit(n, system_vectors)))
>  		set_intr_gate(n, addr);
>  }
> +
> +void __init early_idt_setup_early_handler(unsigned long physaddr)

I wonder if you could drop one of the "early"es:

idt_setup_early_handler()

for example looks ok to me. Or

early_setup_idt_handler()

if you wanna have "early" as prefix...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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