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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/4] x86/xen/entry: Rename xenpv_exc_nmi to noist_exc_nmi
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On Mon, May 03 2021 at 21:05, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 27 2021 at 07:09, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
>> From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
>>
>> There is no any functionality change intended. Just rename it and
>> move it to arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c so that we can resue it later in
>> next patch for early NMI and kvm.
>
> 'Reuse it later' is not really a proper explanation why this change it
> necessary.
>
> Also this can be simplified by using aliasing which keeps the name
> spaces intact.

Aside of that this is not required to be part of a fixes series which
needs to be backported.

Thanks,

tglx

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