linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] x86: Rename __{start,end}_init_task to __{start,end}_init

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Message-ID: <acb094b7-15b5-4a77-b461-a938f9d7e9e0@suse.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:23:03 +0100
From: Jürgen Groß <jgross@...e.com>
To: "Xin Li (Intel)" <xin@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Cc: tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
 dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
 boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, arnd@...db.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] x86: Rename __{start,end}_init_task to
 __{start,end}_init_stack

On 18.03.24 08:14, Xin Li (Intel) wrote:
> The stack of a task has been separated from the memory of a task_struct
> struture for a long time on x86, as a result __{start,end}_init_task no
> longer mark the start and end of the init_task structure, but its stack
> only.
> 
> Rename __{start,end}_init_task to __{start,end}_init_stack.
> 
> Note other architectures are not affected because __{start,end}_init_task
> are used on x86 only.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@...or.com>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Juergen