linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 3/5] x86/cpu: Replace PEBS use of 'x86_cpu_desc' use with 'x86_cpu

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Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 19:55:47 +0000
From: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH 3/5] x86/cpu: Replace PEBS use of 'x86_cpu_desc' use with
 'x86_cpu_id'

> The 'x86_cpu_desc' and 'x86_cpu_id' structures are very similar.
> Reduce duplicate infrastructure by moving the few users of
> 'x86_cpu_id' to the much more common variant.

This paragraph is backwards. You are moving 'x86_cpu_desc to 'x86_cpu_id.

-Tony