linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mtrr: Rename mtrr_overwrite_state() to guest_force_mtrr

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Message-ID: <4d39b188-0642-495c-8638-67ae08c070b7@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:37:07 -0700
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
 Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
 x86@...nel.org
Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
 Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>, Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
 Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
 Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, Boris Ostrovsky
 <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>, Gaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1@...wei.com>,
 Michael Roth <michael.roth@....com>, Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
 Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@....com>, Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>,
 Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
 Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
 xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mtrr: Rename mtrr_overwrite_state() to
 guest_force_mtrr_state()

On 10/29/24 08:13, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 01:50:48PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
>> Rename the helper to better reflect its function.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
>> Suggested-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
> 
> KVM patch is Linus' tree.
> 
> Dave, can you take this one?

Not easily without a merge of Paolo's KVM bits.  The confusion that
might cause isn't quite worth it for a rename.  I can either stash this
somewhere or I'm also fine if Paolo takes it on top of your other patch:

Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>