linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] KVM: add kvm_para_available to asm-generic/kvm

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Message-ID: <CAAG0J98B=TiJXkrK2dF8DaWQjoHwkk+k7CXiN1XJ5VHQFkowFA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 4 Jun 2013 12:33:19 +0100
From:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
To:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
Cc:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] KVM: add kvm_para_available to asm-generic/kvm_para.h

On 4 June 2013 10:05, Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:29:22PM +0100, James Hogan wrote:
>> According to include/uapi/linux/kvm_para.h architectures should define
>> kvm_para_available, so add an implementation to asm-generic/kvm_para.h
>> which just returns false.
>>
> What is this fixing? The only user of kvm_para_available() that can
> benefit from this is in sound/pci/intel8x0.c, but I do not see follow up
> patch to use it there.

It was an unintentional config with mips + kvm + intel8x0 that hit it
(I think I accidentally based my mips config off an x86_64 config).
Kind of equivalent to a randconfig build failure I suppose.

Cheers
James
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