Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 05/10] x86/spec_ctrl: Rename bits of infrastructure to avoid NATIVE and VMEXIT

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:38:09AM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> In hindsight, using NATIVE and VMEXIT as naming terminology was not clever.
> A future change wants to split SPEC_CTRL_EXIT_TO_GUEST into PV and HVM
> specific implementations, and using VMEXIT as a term is completely wrong.
> 
> Take the opportunity to fix some stale documentation in spec_ctrl_asm.h.  The
> IST helpers were missing from the large comment block, and since
> SPEC_CTRL_ENTRY_FROM_INTR_IST was introduced, we've gained a new piece of
> functionality which currently depends on the fine grain control, which exists
> in lieu of livepatching.  Note this in the comment.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>

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