Re: [PATCH v2 13/20] Add set_alias_ function and x86 implementation

Edgecombe, Rick P
2019-02-11T19:27:07Z

On Mon, 2019-02-11 at 20:09 +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 04:34:15PM -0800, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
> > This adds two new functions set_alias_default_noflush and
>
> s/This adds/Add/
>
> > set_alias_nv_noflush for setting the alias mapping for the page to its
>
> Please end function names with parentheses, below too.
Ok.
> > default valid permissions and to an invalid state that cannot be cached in
> > a TLB, respectively. These functions to not flush the TLB.
>
> s/to/do/
>
Argh, thanks.
> Also, pls put that description as comments over the functions in the
> code. Otherwise that "nv" as part of the name doesn't really explain
> what it does.
>
> Actually, you could just as well call the function
>
> set_alias_invalid_noflush()
>
> All the other words are written in full, no need to have "nv" there.
>
> Thx.
Yes, that seems better.

Thanks,

Rick