Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] hyperv: own protocol header instead of kernel's

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 31/08/2017 18:37, Roman Kagan wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 11:15:20PM +0300, Roman Kagan wrote:
>> Supersede kernel's header for Hyper-V protocol definitions with our own.
>> The reason is that, since this is a third-party protocol and not a
>> kernel API, the kernel folks are not happy exposing it in the kernel
>> uapi.
>>
>> The patchset is done to allow gradual transition from the kernel's
>> hyperv.h to the new one: the first patch introduces the new header that
>> doesn't conflict with the old one, and the second makes sure the old one
>> isn't imported from the kernel any longer, so that the maintainers can
>> do the next round of kernel header import at their leisure and things
>> will keep working.
>>
>> Once (if) this lands in QEMU I'll post patches to KVM to move its
>> hyperv.h out of uapi.
>>
>> This is the first part split out of my former biggish "hyperv fixes and
>> enhancements" series.  The only change is the underscore replaced with a
>> dash in the header file name.

Queued, thanks.

Paolo

>> Roman Kagan (2):
>>   hyperv: add header with protocol definitions
>>   update-linux-headers: prepare for hyperv.h removal
>>
>>  target/i386/cpu.h               |  10 +-
>>  target/i386/hyperv-proto.h      | 257 
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  target/i386/cpu.c               |   4 +-
>>  target/i386/hyperv.c            |   6 +-
>>  target/i386/kvm.c               |  57 +++++----
>>  target/i386/machine.c           |  15 +--
>>  scripts/update-linux-headers.sh |   4 +-
>>  7 files changed, 304 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 target/i386/hyperv-proto.h
>>
>> -- 
>> 2.13.0
>>
>>
> 
> Ping?
> 
> Roman.
>