linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/20] x86/msr: Standardize on 'u32' MSR indices in <asm/msr.h>

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Message-ID: <854c8d02-4755-4e54-a699-44f4da672572@zytor.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 23:36:14 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Xin Li <xin@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/20] x86/msr: Standardize on 'u32' MSR indices in
 <asm/msr.h>

On 4/9/25 23:34, Xin Li wrote:
> On 4/9/2025 11:14 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>
>> No, and as you know, I'd like to get rid of the native_ and xen_ 
>> functions entirely anyway.
> 
> Yes, the change is in the RFC patch set I sent out earlier :)

Another reason not to try to micro-optimize it right now.

	-hpa