linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 02/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Modify state copy helpers to handle both static and dynamic buffers

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Message-ID: <20210120205354.GE3467@zn.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:53:54 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     "Bae, Chang Seok" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "mingo@...nel.org" <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>,
        "Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        "Liu, Jing2" <jing2.liu@...el.com>,
        "Shankar, Ravi V" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/21] x86/fpu/xstate: Modify state copy helpers to
 handle both static and dynamic buffers

On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 06:50:52PM +0000, Bae, Chang Seok wrote:
> I will add a sentence like this if looks fine:
> 
> "The copy functions used to have ‘xstate' in the name as they took a struct
> xregs_state * pointer."

What for?

I was just pointing out what the naming logic was and that you're
changing that...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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