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: <DDVNOKPKN4II.33NWK6IDYPRFD@google.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:29:39 +0000
From: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>
To: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>, 
	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>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, 
	Tao Zhang <tao1.zhang@...el.com>, Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>, 
	Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/mmio: Rename cpu_buf_vm_clear to cpu_buf_vm_clear_mmio_only

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)

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