[tip:x86/asm] x86/msr: Document msr-index.h rule for addition

From: tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Feb 17 2016 - 07:14:40 EST


Commit-ID: 053080a9d1c8cf1950115ad92ce94242ebc5f25c
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/053080a9d1c8cf1950115ad92ce94242ebc5f25c
Author: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:43:22 +0100
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:47:55 +0100

x86/msr: Document msr-index.h rule for addition

In order to keep this file's size sensible and not cause too much
unnecessary churn, make the rule explicit - similar to pci_ids.h - that
only MSRs which are used in multiple compilation units, should get added
to it.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: gleb@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: joro@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: sherry.hurwitz@xxxxxxx
Cc: wei@xxxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1455612202-14414-5-git-send-email-bp@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index b05402e..984ab75 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
#ifndef _ASM_X86_MSR_INDEX_H
#define _ASM_X86_MSR_INDEX_H

-/* CPU model specific register (MSR) numbers */
+/*
+ * CPU model specific register (MSR) numbers.
+ *
+ * Do not add new entries to this file unless the definitions are shared
+ * between multiple compilation units.
+ */

/* x86-64 specific MSRs */
#define MSR_EFER 0xc0000080 /* extended feature register */