[PATCH] x86/msr: Document msr-index.h rule for addition

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue Feb 16 2016 - 03:39:44 EST


From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

In order to keep this file's size sensible and not cause too much
unnecessary churn, make the rule explicit - similar to pci_ids.h - that
only MSRs which are used in multiple compilation units, should get added
to it.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: gleb@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: joro@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: sherry.hurwitz@xxxxxxx
Cc: Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx>
Cc: wei@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: x86-ml <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index b05402ef3b84..984ab75bf621 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
#ifndef _ASM_X86_MSR_INDEX_H
#define _ASM_X86_MSR_INDEX_H

-/* CPU model specific register (MSR) numbers */
+/*
+ * CPU model specific register (MSR) numbers.
+ *
+ * Do not add new entries to this file unless the definitions are shared
+ * between multiple compilation units.
+ */

/* x86-64 specific MSRs */
#define MSR_EFER 0xc0000080 /* extended feature register */
--
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