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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:59:12 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@...el.com>
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, dave.hansen@...el.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	luto@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com,
	thomas.lendacky@....com, ashish.kalra@....com, chao.gao@...el.com,
	bhe@...hat.com, nik.borisov@...e.com, pbonzini@...hat.com,
	seanjc@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] x86/kexec: do unconditional WBINVD for bare-metal
 in stop_this_cpu()

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 09:54:13AM +1200, Huang, Kai wrote:
> Could you be more specific?
> 
> I was following Boris's suggestion to summerize all the discussion around
> the "unconditional WBINVD" issue.
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/20240228110207.GCZd8Sr8mXHA2KTiLz@fat_crate.local/
> 
> I can try to improve if I can know specifically what should be trimmed down.

No, keep it this way. I've yet to see someone complaining from too
verbose commit message while doing git archeology.

If it is too verbose to a reader, then that reader can jump over the
paragraphs.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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