Re: [PATCH v1 00/26] x86: Introduce centralized CPUID model
"Ahmed S. Darwish" <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 06 May 2025, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > Overall namespace suggestion: could you please use 'parse_' verbiage, > instead of 'scan_'? Even if a lot of the scan_ uses in this series are > a temporary back and forth that goes away after the conversion, but > still, some of it remains. > > Today 'scan' is not really used in this context, in the kernel at > least, and I don't think it's a particularly good fit. 'Scanning' > suggests searching for something or looking for something, which we > don't really do: we parse the entire CPUID tree in essence, during > bootstrap, and re-parse it when something changes about it on the > hardware side. We don't really scan for anything in particular. > > Does this make sense? > Yup! will do. Thanks, Ahmed