linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 5/8] x86/bugs: KVM: Move VM_CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS into SVM as SVM_CLEAR_CPU

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Message-ID: <20251113161944.GDaRYFIFXihcRSSBkU@fat_crate.local>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:19:44 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: 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,
	Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
	Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/8] x86/bugs: KVM: Move VM_CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS into SVM
 as SVM_CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 07:37:52AM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2025, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 05:30:37PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > Now that VMX encodes its own sequency for clearing CPU buffers, move
> > 
> > Now that VMX encodes its own sequency for clearing CPU buffers, move
> > Unknown word [sequency] in commit message.
> > Suggestions: ['sequence',
> > 
> > Please introduce a spellchecker into your patch creation workflow. :)
> 
> I use codespell, but it's obviously imperfect.  Do you use something fancier?

Fancy? no.

Homegrown and thus moldable as time provides? Yeah:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bp.git/tree/.tip/bin/vp.py?h=vp&id=880f7f0393ae7d10643aeab32234086ee253687a#n815

That's my patch checker.

I also have enabled spellchecking in vim when I write the commit message.

But meh, typos will slip from time to time regardless...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette