RE: [PATCH v4 11/36] x86/bugs: Restructure spectre_v2_user mitigation

From: Kaplan, David
Date: Mon Apr 14 2025 - 15:21:23 EST


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> On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 11:39:58AM -0500, David Kaplan wrote:
> > @@ -214,6 +211,8 @@ void __init cpu_select_mitigations(void)
> > * choices.
> > */
> > retbleed_update_mitigation();
> > + /* spectre_v2_user_update_mitigation() depends on retbleed_mitigation */
> > + spectre_v2_user_update_mitigation();
>
> Function names need trailing parentheses: "retbleed_mitigation()"
>

That one is not actually a function name, it's the name of the file-scope variable.

--David Kaplan