From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.xenproject.org (lists.xenproject.org [192.237.175.120]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2EED5ECAAA1 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:10:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lists.xenproject.org with outflank-mailman.408889.651739 (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oaM9r-0001Ch-G6; Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:10:19 +0000 X-Outflank-Mailman: Message body and most headers restored to incoming version Received: by outflank-mailman (output) from mailman id 408889.651739; Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:10:19 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.xenproject.org) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oaM9r-0001Ca-DQ; Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:10:19 +0000 Received: by outflank-mailman (input) for mailman id 408889; Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:10:17 +0000 Received: from se1-gles-flk1-in.inumbo.com ([94.247.172.50] helo=se1-gles-flk1.inumbo.com) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oaM9o-0001CU-RI for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:10:17 +0000 Received: from mail.skyhub.de (mail.skyhub.de [2a01:4f8:190:11c2::b:1457]) by se1-gles-flk1.inumbo.com (Halon) with ESMTPS id b0e031b9-384e-11ed-bad8-01ff208a15ba; Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:10:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from zn.tnic (p200300ea9733e79d329c23fffea6a903.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [IPv6:2003:ea:9733:e79d:329c:23ff:fea6:a903]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.skyhub.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id CC4751EC01D2; Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:10:09 +0200 (CEST) X-BeenThere: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org List-Id: Xen developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Precedence: list Sender: "Xen-devel" X-Inumbo-ID: b0e031b9-384e-11ed-bad8-01ff208a15ba DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=dkim; t=1663614609; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references; bh=mu2esohdM2sPF1b210YRZnBukLG7jBgVAsUUa3wE11E=; b=QLTTFmFiZtmxou/z76o527wSr6qZCJkH0qFFhBzI5BpmHtqIGuw/zQPA/v1DvgfSqcKY+V YBT9Iiu4FIfQnCerKuBmbTK+QShttbY4Cw5pIoA78zSEkHWB3oZx/xO76gi+VaVuxfdgrk 6y43x6orRu6tHVz23i7XkbsSyaqpqTE= Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:10:05 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Juergen Gross Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Dave Hansen , "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/10] x86/mtrr: replace use_intel() with a local flag Message-ID: References: <20220908084914.21703-1-jgross@suse.com> <20220908084914.21703-4-jgross@suse.com> <80085512-5783-7ea0-fb7d-6e852f8942e0@suse.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <80085512-5783-7ea0-fb7d-6e852f8942e0@suse.com> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 11:10:29AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote: > In the end this variable doesn't specify which caching types are available, > but the ways to select/control the caching types. > > So what about "memory_caching_select" or "memory_caching_control" instead? _control sounds like the right thing. As in, which of the memory caching things the kernel controls. Along with a comment above it what this exactly is. Yap. Thx. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette