linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86/xen/entry: Rename xenpv_exc_nmi to noist_exc

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Message-ID: <d77ee423-53fc-d552-1ff8-6fdf75e416a7@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:15:51 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>, Jian Cai <caij2003@...il.com>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86/xen/entry: Rename xenpv_exc_nmi to noist_exc_nmi

On 28/04/21 23:27, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 07:09:46 +0800
> Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...ux.alibaba.com>
>>
>> There is no any functionality change intended.  Just rename it and
>> move it to arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c so that we can resue it later in
>> next patch for early NMI and kvm.
> 
> Nit, but in change logs, please avoid stating "next patch" as searching git
> history (via git blame or whatever) there is no such thing as "next patch".

Interesting, I use next patch(es) relatively often, though you're right 
that something like "in preparation for" works just as well.  Yes, it's 
the previous in "git log", but you get what it's meant in practice. :)

Paolo

> Just state: "so that we can reuse it for early NMI and KVM."
> 
> I also just noticed the typo in "resue". Or maybe both NMI and KVM should
> be sued again ;-)
> 
> -- Steve
>