linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] KVM: x86: Rename handle_fastpath_set_msr_irqoff() to handle_fastpath

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Message-ID: <047717f7-2baf-4a99-b599-1cc5f0749ea3@zytor.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 08:48:21 -0700
From: Xin Li <xin@...or.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] KVM: x86: Rename handle_fastpath_set_msr_irqoff()
 to handle_fastpath_wrmsr()

On 8/5/2025 1:22 PM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> From: Xin Li <xin@...or.com>
> 
> Rename the WRMSR fastpath API to drop "irqoff", as that information is
> redundant (the fastpath always runs with IRQs disabled), and to prepare
> for adding a fastpath for the immediate variant of WRMSRNS.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 

I think it makes sense to add:

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>

I didn't add it in v2 because the changes are part of a patch that
handles the immediate form MSR instructions.

> Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@...or.com>
> [sean: split to separate patch, write changelog]
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>