linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/boot: Rename boot

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Message-ID: <20251229213941.GDaVL1HRZ_gHXOOq2n@fat_crate.local>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 22:39:41 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/boot: Rename boot_kstrtoul to kstrtoul

On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 01:42:41PM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> The build error mentioned in commit 5fafbebc86a0 ("x86/boot: Add

That commit talks about the namespace clash and I prefer if the boot variant
is called differently so that it is obvious which version is used due to the
madness of this same namespace concoction we've created for arch/x86/boot/.

So no, let's keep it this way pls.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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