On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 11:46:14AM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 07:12:22PM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote: > > As pointed out by Boris, the defines for bits in IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL > > are quite a mouthful, especially the VMX bits which must differentiate > > between enabling VMX inside and outside SMX (TXT) operation. Rename the > > bit defines to abbreviate FEATURE_CONTROL as FEAT_CTL so that they're a > > little friendlier on the eyes. Keep the full name for the MSR itself to > > help even the most obtuse reader decipher the abbreviation, and to match > > the name used by the Intel SDM. > > If you anyway shorten the prefix, why not then go directly to FT_CTL? > It is as obvious as FEAT_CTL is. Given the exhausting long variable > names like FEAT_CTL_VMX_ENABLED_OUTSIDE_SMX this would be worth of > considering. If we're going to rename the function and file, I think we should stick with the slightly longer FEAT_CTL. FT_CTL for the bits is ok since there is more context to work with, but init_ft_ctl_msr() looks weird to me.
