Re: [PATCH Part2 RFC v4 33/40] KVM: SVM: Add support to handle MSR based Page State Change VMGEXIT

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On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 06:55:54PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> I've no objection to using PSC for enums and whatnot, and I'll happily
> defer to Boris for functions in the core kernel and guest, but for KVM
> I'd really like to spell out the name for the two or so main handler
> functions.

Well,

- we abbreviate things in the kernel all the time - this is no
exception. We don't name it

	secure_nested_paging_handle_page_state_change()

either. :-)

- If you don't know what PSC means, now you do :-P Also, comments above
the function names help.

- I asked for the shortening because those function names were a
mouthful and when you see

snp_handle_page_state_change()

I wonder, it is "handling", is it "changing" or what is it doing. And
the page state change is a thing so the "handle" is important here. Thus
the

snp_handle_psc()

variant.

Also, shorter function names make the code more readable. I'm sure
you've read firmware code or other OS code before to understand what I
mean.

Anyway, I felt I should give my arguments why I requested the
shortening.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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