linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 04/21] x86/cea: Prefix event stack names with ESTACK

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Message-ID: <bd629133-0ddc-47fe-b6e1-24ec8adbea67@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 07:20:48 -0700
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To: "Xin Li (Intel)" <xin@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 04/21] x86/cea: Prefix event stack names with ESTACK_

On 10/13/25 18:09, Xin Li (Intel) wrote:
> Add the ESTACK_ prefix to event stack names to improve clarity and
> readability.  Without the prefix, names like DF, NMI, and DB are too
> brief and potentially ambiguous.
> 
> This renaming also prepares for converting __this_cpu_ist_top_va from
> a macro into a function that accepts an enum exception_stack_ordering
> argument, without requiring changes to existing callsites.

Yup, the rename looks good.

Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>