linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 09/27] KVM: x86: Rename kvm_{g,s}et

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Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 11:54:39 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>
Cc: pbonzini@...hat.com, dave.hansen@...el.com, x86@...nel.org, 
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org, 
	chao.gao@...el.com, rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com, mlevitsk@...hat.com, 
	john.allen@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 09/27] KVM: x86: Rename kvm_{g,s}et_msr()* to menifest
 emulation operations

s/menifest/manifest, though I find the shortlog confusing irrespective of the
typo.  I think this would be more grammatically correct:

  KVM: x86: Rename kvm_{g,s}et_msr()* to manifest their emulation operations

but I still find that unnecessarily "fancy".  What about this instead?

  KVM: x86: Rename kvm_{g,s}et_msr()* to show that they emulate guest accesses

It's not perfect, e.g. it might be read as saying they emulate guest RDMSR and
WRMSR, but for a shortlog I think that's fine.