Re: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Rename prepare_vmcs02_*_full to prepare_vmcs02_*_extra
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Jun 07 2019 - 12:08:39 EST
On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 05:17:09PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 07/06/19 16:18, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 02:19:20PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> >> On 06/06/19 20:41, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> >>>> +static void prepare_vmcs02_early_extra(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx,
> >>> Or maybe 'uncommon', 'rare' or 'ext'? I don't I particularly love any of
> >>> the names, but they're all better than 'full'.
> >>
> >> I thought 'ext' was short for 'extra'? :)
> >
> > Ha, I (obviously) didn't make that connection. ext == extended in my mind.
>
> That's what came to mind first, but then "extended" had the same issue
> as "full" (i.e. encompassing the "basic" set as well) so I decided you
> knew better!
Ah, I was thinking of "basic" and "extended" as separate states, but your
interpretation is correct.
I probably have a slight preference for 'uncommon' over 'extra'? I feel
like they have equal odds of being misinterpreted, so pick your poison :-)