Re: [PATCH 11/11] x86/cpu: Make all all CPUID leaf names consistent

[Dave Hansen]

On 12/9/24 08:27, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> As for "cap_nr", IMO that is a net negative relative to "leaf".  For all CPUID
> leaves that KVM cares about, the array entry is guaranteed to correspond to a
> single CPUID leaf, albeit for only one output register.  KVM has definitely
> bastardized "leaf", but I do think it helps convey that the "word" being modified
> corresponds 1:1 with a specific CPUID leaf output.

I'm having a little trouble parsing this.

I think you're saying that, right now, if KVM cares about a CPUID leaf
that it only cares about a single _word_, even if the core x86 code
cares about multiple words. So the concept of a word is actually mostly
changeable with a leaf ... for now.

Is that right?