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Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86/xen/entry: Rename xenpv_exc_nmi to noist_exc_nmi
- To: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 03 May 2021 21:41:44 +0200
- Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>, Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>, Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>, kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>, Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>, Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>, Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@xxxxxxxxxx>, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx>, Jian Cai <caij2003@xxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Delivery-date: Mon, 03 May 2021 19:41:52 +0000
- List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>
On Mon, May 03 2021 at 21:05, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27 2021 at 07:09, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
>> From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> There is no any functionality change intended. Just rename it and
>> move it to arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c so that we can resue it later in
>> next patch for early NMI and kvm.
>
> 'Reuse it later' is not really a proper explanation why this change it
> necessary.
>
> Also this can be simplified by using aliasing which keeps the name
> spaces intact.
Aside of that this is not required to be part of a fixes series which
needs to be backported.
Thanks,
tglx
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