linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH v4 2/7] xen/pvh: Move PVH entry code out of Xen specific tree

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Date:   Thu, 1 Mar 2018 11:15:57 -0500
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Maran Wilson <maran.wilson@...cle.com>
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        JBeulich@...e.com, x86@...nel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        thomas.lendacky@....com, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        rkrcmar@...hat.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, mchehab@...nel.org,
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        kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH v4 2/7] xen/pvh: Move PVH entry code out
 of Xen specific tree

On 03/01/2018 03:46 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 01/03/2018 07:11, Juergen Gross wrote:
>>> Probably a better place for these would be
>>> arch/x86/platform/pvh/{enlighten.c,head.S}.  (Just because there are no
>>> .c or .S files in arch/x86).
>> Right.
>>
>>> Maybe Xen ought to be moved under
>>> arch/x86/platform too.
>> And hyperv and kvm, too?


I was actually thinking about having arch/x86/virt where xen, kvm,
hyperv etc should go. Not as part of this series, obviously.

-boris


> Actually yes, though for kvm I'd move the files in arch/x86/kernel
> (arch/x86/kvm is the hypervisor itself, not the "platform").
>
>> No, I think arch/x86/xen/ is fine.
> np, it was just a (somewhat crazy) suggestion. :)
>
> Paolo