On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 11:28:01AM -0600, Michael Roth wrote:
> Indeed... it looks like linux/{elf,io,efi,acpi}.h all end up pulling in
> kernel proper's rdmsr()/wrmsr() definitions, and pulling them out ends up
> breaking a bunch of other stuff,
It's a nightmare - just gave it a try. No wonder they call it include
hell.
> so I think we might be stuck using a different name like
> rd_msr()/wr_msr() in the meantime.
Ok, but then pls call them boot_rdmsr() and boot_wrmsr() so that there's
a clear distinction from all the other msr helpers. And put a comment
above them in arch/x86/boot/msr.h explaining why they're called this
way.
One fine day I'll have this mess untangled and clean...
Thx.
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