Re: [PATCH v6 04/11] x86/smpboot: Reference count on smpboot_setup_warm_reset_vector()

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On Tue, Feb 07, 2023, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 07 2023 at 09:49, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > On Tue, 2023-02-07 at 00:48 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> >> Aside of the 'We' this does not explain anything at all.
> >
> > Er, doesn't it?
> >
> > We refcount the warm reset vector because when we do parallel bringup,
> > we'll want to set it up once and then put it back to normal (for cold
> > reset) once all the CPUs are up.
> >
> > I can rework the phrasing; I'm aware that the whole nonsense about
> > pronouns and the imperative mood has grown legs in the last couple of
> > years since I originally wrote it — but is there anything actually
> > missing? 
> 
> We can settle the imperative mood debate over a beer at the next
> conference, but stuff which goes through tip is required to follow those
> rules. No exception for you :)

While we're reforming David, same goes for KVM x86.  :-)



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