Re: [PATCH 00/65] x86: Support for CET Indirect Branch Tracking

[Dario Faggioli <dfaggioli@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2021-11-29 at 15:44 +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 26.11.2021 13:33, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> > 
> > Andrew Cooper (63):
> >   x86: Introduce support for CET-IBT
> >   x86/hypercall: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   xen: Annotate fnptr targets from custom_param()
> >   xen: Annotate fnptr targets from __initcall()
> >   xen: Annotate fnptr targets from notifier callbacks
> >   xen: Annotate fnptr targets from acpi_table_parse()
> >   xen: Annotate fnptr targets from continue_hypercall_on_cpu()
> >   xen: Annotate fnptr targets from init_timer()
> >   xen: Annotate fnptr targets from call_rcu()
> >   xen: Annotate fnptr targets from IPIs
> >   xen: Annotate fnptr targets from open_softirq()
> >   xsm/flask:  Annotate fnptr targets in the security server
> >   xsm: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   xen/sched: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   xen/evtchn: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   xen/hypfs: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   xen/tasklet: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   xen/keyhandler: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   xen/vpci: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   xen/decompress: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   xen/iommu: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   xen/video: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   xen/console: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   xen/misc: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86: Annotate fnptr targets from request_irq()
> >   x86/hvm: Annotate fnptr targets from hvm_funcs
> >   x86/hvm: Annotate fnptr targets from device emulation
> >   x86/emul: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/ucode: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/power: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/apic: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/nmi: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/mtrr: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/idle: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/quirks: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/hvmsave: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/mce: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/pmu: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/cpu: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/guest: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/logdirty: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/shadow: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/hap: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/p2m: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/irq: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/aepi: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/psr: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/dpci: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/pt: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/time: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/misc: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/stack: Annotate fnptr targets
> >   x86/bugframe: Annotate fnptr targets
> 
> Patches 4-55 as applicable
> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>
Patch 16, xen/sched: Annotate fnptr targets:

Acked-by: Dario Faggioli <dfaggioli@xxxxxxxx>

> preferably with the subjects disambiguated and the minor remarks on
> individual patches taken care of one way or another. 
>
Yes, FWIW, I agree with Jan here that even just a quick hint at the
purpose of the annotation is desirable.

Regards
-- 
Dario Faggioli, Ph.D
http://about.me/dario.faggioli
Virtualization Software Engineer
SUSE Labs, SUSE https://www.suse.com/
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