linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] x86/bugs: Decouple ALTERNATIVE usage from VERW macro definition

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Message-ID: <20251112121550.GYaRR6dh590G2TP578@fat_crate.local>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:15:50 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] x86/bugs: Decouple ALTERNATIVE usage from VERW
 macro definition

On Mon, Nov 03, 2025 at 09:00:48AM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Or better yet, can we name the actual instruction define to VERW_SEQ, 
> 
> Works for me.

Just call it VERW. If a separate x86-insn-like macro wants to appear, we can
disambiguate then.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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