linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86/msr: Rename MSR_K8_SYSCFG to MSR_AMD64

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Message-ID: <YIk8c+/Vwf30Fh6G@zn.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 28 Apr 2021 12:44:03 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, jroedel@...e.de,
        thomas.lendacky@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, pbonzini@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86/msr: Rename MSR_K8_SYSCFG to MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 06:16:36AM -0500, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> The SYSCFG MSR continued being updated beyond the K8 family; drop the K8
> name from it.
> 
> Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> Signed-off-by: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
> ---

Thanks, looks good.

>  Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst | 2 +-
>  Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst      | 6 +++---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h                 | 6 +++---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c                        | 4 ++--
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c               | 2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c               | 4 ++--
>  arch/x86/kernel/mmconf-fam10h_64.c               | 2 +-
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c                           | 4 ++--
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                               | 2 +-

The kvm side needs sync with Paolo on how to handle so that merge
conflicts are minimized.

Paolo, thoughts?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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