linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 3/7] x86/cpu, kvm: Move the LFENCE_RDTSC / LFENCE always serializing feature

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Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2023 12:33:24 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@....com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@...cle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@....com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3/7] x86/cpu, kvm: Move the LFENCE_RDTSC / LFENCE
 always serializing feature

On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 05:01:55PM -0600, Kim Phillips wrote:
> The LFENCE_RDTSC / LFENCE always serializing feature was a scattered bit
> and open-coded for KVM in __do_cpuid_func().  Add it to its newly added
> CPUID leaf 0x80000021 EAX proper, and propagate it in kvm_set_cpu_caps()
> instead.  Drop the bit description comments now it's more self-describing.
> 
> Also, in amd_init(), don't bother setting DE_CFG[1] any more if we already

For the future, please use passive voice in your commit message: no "we" or "I",
etc, and describe your changes in imperative mood. Personal pronouns are
ambiguous in text, especially with so many parties/companies/etc developing the
kernel so let's avoid them please.

I'll fix it up now.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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