linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 04/10] KVM: arm: guest debug, add stub KVM_SET_GUEST

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Date:	Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:12:31 +0200
From:	Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>
To:	Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@...aro.org>
Cc:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, marc.zyngier@....com,
	peter.maydell@...aro.org, agraf@...e.de, drjones@...hat.com,
	pbonzini@...hat.com, zhichao.huang@...aro.org,
	jan.kiszka@...mens.com, dahi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	r65777@...escale.com, bp@...e.de, Gleb Natapov <gleb@...nel.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/10] KVM: arm: guest debug, add stub
 KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG ioctl

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 04:08:02PM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote:
> This commit adds a stub function to support the KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG
> ioctl. Currently any operation flag will return EINVAL. Actual
> functionality will be added with further patches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@...aro.org>.
> 
> ---
> v2
>   - simplified form of the ioctl (stuff will go into setup_debug)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> index b112efc..06c5064 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> @@ -2604,7 +2604,7 @@ handled.
>  4.87 KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG
>  
>  Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG
> -Architectures: x86, s390, ppc
> +Architectures: x86, s390, ppc, arm64
>  Type: vcpu ioctl
>  Parameters: struct kvm_guest_debug (in)
>  Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
> index 5560f74..445933d 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
> @@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
>  	case KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI:
>  	case KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI_0_2:
>  	case KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM:
> +	case KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG:
>  		r = 1;
>  		break;

shouldn't you wait with advertising this capability until you've
implemented support for it?


Thanks,
-Christoffer
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