linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v4 11/36] x86/bugs: Restructure spectre_v2

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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:20:59 +0000
From: "Kaplan, David" <David.Kaplan@....com>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
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 Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v4 11/36] x86/bugs: Restructure spectre_v2_user mitigation

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2025 11:41 AM
> To: Kaplan, David <David.Kaplan@....com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>; Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>;
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>; Pawan Gupta
> <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>; Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>; Dave
> Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>; x86@...nel.org; H . Peter Anvin
> <hpa@...or.com>; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Brendan Jackman
> <jackmanb@...gle.com>; Derek Manwaring <derekmn@...zon.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 11/36] x86/bugs: Restructure spectre_v2_user mitigation
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> On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 11:39:58AM -0500, David Kaplan wrote:
> > @@ -214,6 +211,8 @@ void __init cpu_select_mitigations(void)
> >        * choices.
> >        */
> >       retbleed_update_mitigation();
> > +     /* spectre_v2_user_update_mitigation() depends on retbleed_mitigation */
> > +     spectre_v2_user_update_mitigation();
>
> Function names need trailing parentheses: "retbleed_mitigation()"
>

That one is not actually a function name, it's the name of the file-scope variable.

--David Kaplan