linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] arm64: KVM: Rename DEBUG_STATE_SAVE_TRBE to DEBUG_STATE_SAVE

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Date:   Thu, 5 Oct 2023 19:04:32 +0100
From:   Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
To:     James Clark <james.clark@....com>, coresight@...ts.linaro.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
        broonie@...nel.org, maz@...nel.org
Cc:     Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@...wei.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>,
        Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Jintack Lim <jintack.lim@...aro.org>,
        Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@...nix.com>,
        Fuad Tabba <tabba@...gle.com>, Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] arm64: KVM: Rename DEBUG_STATE_SAVE_TRBE to
 DEBUG_STATE_SAVE_TRFCR

On 05/10/2023 17:41, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> On 05/10/2023 13:57, James Clark wrote:
>> This flag actually causes the TRFCR register to be saved, so rename it
>> to that effect.
>>
>> Currently it only happens when TRBE is used, but in a later commit
>> TRFCR will be saved and restored even if TRBE isn't used, so the new
>> name will be more accurate.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@....com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>

Reviewing the patch 5, this change may need to be dropped
and instead we need to add a new flag for TRFCR.

Suzuki

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