linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/mmio: Rename cpu_buf_vm_clear to cpu_buf_vm_clear_mmio

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Message-ID: <20251030165645.rsu2pvkgak32nyip@desk>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:56:45 -0700
From: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>
To: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, Tao Zhang <tao1.zhang@...el.com>,
	Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/mmio: Rename cpu_buf_vm_clear to
 cpu_buf_vm_clear_mmio_only

On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 12:29:39PM +0000, Brendan Jackman wrote:
> On Wed Oct 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM UTC, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> > cpu_buf_vm_clear static key is only used by the MMIO Stale Data mitigation.
> > Rename it to avoid mixing it up with X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF_VM.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> (except the build issue)

Will fix that.

> Reviewed-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>

Thanks.