linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/9] clocksource: arm_arch_timer: Extend arch_timer_kvm

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Date:	Wed, 6 Apr 2016 19:26:13 +0200
From:	Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>
To:	Julien Grall <julien.grall@....com>
Cc:	kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, marc.zyngier@....com,
	fu.wei@...aro.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	wei@...hat.com, al.stone@...aro.org, gg@...mlogic.co.uk,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/9] clocksource: arm_arch_timer: Extend
 arch_timer_kvm_info to get the virtual IRQ

On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 12:37:33PM +0100, Julien Grall wrote:
> Currently, the firmware table is parsed by the virtual timer code in
> order to retrieve the virtual timer interrupt. However, this is already
> done by the arch timer driver.
> 
> To avoid code duplication, extend arch_timer_kvm_info to get the virtual
> IRQ.
> 
> Note that the KVM code will be modified in a subsequent patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@....com>
> 
Acked-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>