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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] linux-headers: update to pre-4.20 (kvm/queu
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Roman Kagan |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] linux-headers: update to pre-4.20 (kvm/queue) |
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Tue, 9 Oct 2018 13:59:36 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) |
On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 03:42:27PM +0200, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Roman Kagan <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 03:01:12PM +0200, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> >> Roman Kagan <address@hidden> writes:
> >>
> >> > On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 01:27:25PM +0200, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> >> >> This brings us three new defines: KVM_CAP_ARM_INJECT_SERROR_ESR,
> >> >> KVM_CAP_MSR_PLATFORM_INFO and KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SEND_IPI.
> >> >>
> >> >> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <address@hidden>
> >> >> ---
> >> >> linux-headers/linux/kvm.h | 7 +++++--
> >> >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >> >>
> >> >> diff --git a/linux-headers/linux/kvm.h b/linux-headers/linux/kvm.h
> >> >> index 66790724f1..043f1e58b6 100644
> >> >> --- a/linux-headers/linux/kvm.h
> >> >> +++ b/linux-headers/linux/kvm.h
> >> >> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
> >> >> */
> >> >>
> >> >> #include <linux/types.h>
> >> >> -
> >> >> +#include <linux/compiler.h>
> >> >> #include <linux/ioctl.h>
> >> >> #include <asm/kvm.h>
> >> >>
> >> >> @@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ struct kvm_dirty_log {
> >> >> __u32 slot;
> >> >> __u32 padding1;
> >> >> union {
> >> >> - void *dirty_bitmap; /* one bit per page */
> >> >> + void __user *dirty_bitmap; /* one bit per page */
> >> >
> >> > Hmm, I thought "__user" and friends are supposed to get stripped while
> >> > "make headers_install".
> >>
> >> ... and of course I forgot about this, will send v2, thanks!
> >
> > Are you trying to say you didn't follow the regular linux header
> > harvesting process, which is to use scripts/update-linux-headers.sh
> > (which does 'make headers_install' and then applies further sanitizing,
> > so that problems like this wouldn't have popped up)? I think you
> > should, unless this is an interim patchset pending the merge of the
> > corresponding KVM changes in the mainline kernel.
>
> Honestly I didn't know about the standard process but looking at the
> output:
>
> $ scripts/update-linux-headers.sh PATH/TO/LINUX
> ...
> $ git diff --stat
> include/standard-headers/linux/input.h | 9 +++++----
> linux-headers/asm-arm/kvm.h | 13 +++++++++++++
> linux-headers/asm-arm64/kvm.h | 13 +++++++++++++
> linux-headers/asm-s390/kvm.h | 2 ++
> linux-headers/asm-x86/kvm.h | 1 +
> linux-headers/linux/kvm.h | 3 +++
> linux-headers/linux/vfio.h | 2 ++
> linux-headers/linux/vhost.h | 2 +-
> 8 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> I'm not sure if it would make sense to do this instead: the definition I
> need is currently in kvm/queue and I'm not exactly sure that updating
> other headers from there (e.g. linux/input.h) makes any sense.
Another possible problem is that constants may change on their way from
kvm/queue to mainline, so people tend to avoid pulling headers from
anything but Linus' tree.
Anyway that's not my call. Paolo, Eduardo, what's your take on this?
Roman.
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] i386/kvm: add support for Hyper-V IPI send, Vitaly Kuznetsov, 2018/10/08