linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/hyperv] X86: Handle Hyper-V vmbus interrupts as special hypervisor interrupts

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Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:42:58 -0800
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"mingo@...nel.org" <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"hpa@...ux.intel.com" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org" 
	<linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/hyperv] X86: Handle Hyper-V vmbus interrupts as special
 hypervisor interrupts

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 7:58 PM, KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com> wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa@...or.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:55 PM
>> To: KY Srinivasan
>> Cc: Yinghai Lu; mingo@...nel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
>> tglx@...utronix.de; hpa@...ux.intel.com; linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
>> Subject: Re: [tip:x86/hyperv] X86: Handle Hyper-V vmbus interrupts as special
>> hypervisor interrupts
>>
>> On 02/12/2013 07:49 PM, KY Srinivasan wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> The issue was that you could turn on CONFIG_HYPERV without enabling
>> >>> CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC. Peter fixed it.
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> He is asking why you are using IS_ENABLED() instead of #ifdef.  The
>> >> difference is that IS_ENABLED() works even for modules.
>> >
>> > My mistake!
>> >
>>
>> Well, which one do you need?
>
> I chose the IS_ENABLED() because I wanted to cover the case where HYPERV is configured as a module as well.
>

ok, so when HYPERV is built as module, actually it is partially module
as it put some code built-in already?
if user never load hyperv, those code will never not be used.

Can those code not be put in module _init function?

Thanks

Yinghai
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