linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 04/10] x86: move some code out of arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr

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Message-ID: <Yx3AP9dDPqbRn5OX@nazgul.tnic>
Date:   Sun, 11 Sep 2022 13:02:34 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/10] x86: move some code out of
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr

On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 10:49:08AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Prepare making PAT and MTRR support independent from each other by
> moving some code needed by both out of the MTRR specific sources.

This needs to be two patches at least: first one is only *mechanical*
move without any changes. The next one(s) do the renaming and other
changes etc. Otherwise reviewing it is unnecessarily complicated.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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