linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 4/5] x86/bugs: Declutter vulnerable CPU list

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Message-ID: <39d1597a-d165-4f79-a2fc-d37fc2822909@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 09:03:52 -0800
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
 Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
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 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
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 "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
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 Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>,
 Perry Yuan <Perry.Yuan@....com>, Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/5] x86/bugs: Declutter vulnerable CPU list

On 3/6/25 08:57, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> As one of the goal of the patch is to shorten the macro names and follow
> the VULNWL_<> pattern, would it make sense to rename VULNWL_INTEL to:
> 
> #define VULNWL_VFM(vfm, whitelist)		\
> 	X86_MATCH_VFM(vfm, whitelist)

I don't think saving 6 characters justifies the extra level of
abstraction personally.