Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86/cpuid: Use u32 in instead of uint32_t in <asm/cpuid/api.h>

[Xin Li]

On 3/17/2025 3:18 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Use u32 instead of uint32_t in hypervisor_cpuid_base().
>
> Yes, I realize uint32_t is used in Xen code et al, but this is
> a core x86 architecture header and we should standardize on the

no "we", right?

> type that is being used overwhelmingly in related x86 architecture
> code.
>
> The two types are the same so there should be no build warnings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: x86-cpuid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250317164745.4754-3-darwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>   arch/x86/include/asm/cpuid/api.h | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpuid/api.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpuid/api.h
> index 356db1894588..9c180c9cc58e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpuid/api.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpuid/api.h
> @@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ static __always_inline bool cpuid_function_is_indexed(u32 function)
>   #define for_each_possible_hypervisor_cpuid_base(function) \
>   	for (function = 0x40000000; function < 0x40010000; function += 0x100)
>   
> -static inline uint32_t hypervisor_cpuid_base(const char *sig, uint32_t leaves)
> +static inline u32 hypervisor_cpuid_base(const char *sig, u32 leaves)
>   {
> -	uint32_t base, eax, signature[3];
> +	u32 base, eax, signature[3];
>   
>   	for_each_possible_hypervisor_cpuid_base(base) {
>   		cpuid(base, &eax, &signature[0], &signature[1], &signature[2]);