linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] kvm-s390: use register_virtio_root

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Message-Id: <200812111005.49597.borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:05:49 +0100
From:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
To:	Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] kvm-s390: use register_virtio_root_device()

Am Mittwoch, 10. Dezember 2008 schrieb Mark McLoughlin:
> This is basically a no-op change, since it does exactly the
> same thing as s390_root_dev_register() when the caller isn't
> a module.

Ok, I gave it a short test and it seems to work.
Some comments: I agree with your comment in patch0, that a generic 
device_register_root() function might be useful. 

> --- a/drivers/s390/kvm/kvm_virtio.c
> +++ b/drivers/s390/kvm/kvm_virtio.c
[...]
> -	kvm_root = s390_root_dev_register("kvm_s390");
> +	kvm_root = register_virtio_root_device("kvm_s390");
[...]
> -		s390_root_dev_unregister(kvm_root);
> +		unregister_virtio_root_device(kvm_root);

You can now remove the include <asm/s390_rdev.h>
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