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Message-ID: <20130915093002.GX17294@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 15 Sep 2013 12:30:02 +0300
From:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>
Cc:	kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	catalin.marinas@....com, christoffer.dall@...aro.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	marc.zyngier@....com, pbonzini@...hat.com, linux@....linux.org.uk,
	will.deacon@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm32: kvm: rename CONFIG_KVM_ARM_MAX_VCPUS

On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 02:10:55PM +0200, Andrew Jones wrote:
> Drop the _ARM_ part of the name. We can then introduce a config option
> like this to aarch64 and other arches using the same name - allowing
> grep to show them all. Also update the help text to describe the option
> more completely.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 4 ++--
>  arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig            | 8 ++++----
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index 7d22517d80711..c614d3eb176c6 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
>  #include <asm/fpstate.h>
>  #include <kvm/arm_arch_timer.h>
>  
> -#if defined(CONFIG_KVM_ARM_MAX_VCPUS)
> -#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS CONFIG_KVM_ARM_MAX_VCPUS
> +#if defined(CONFIG_KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
> +#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS CONFIG_KVM_MAX_VCPUS
>  #else
>  #define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 0
>  #endif
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig
> index ebf5015508b52..de63bfccb3eb5 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig
> @@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ config KVM_ARM_HOST
>  	---help---
>  	  Provides host support for ARM processors.
>  
> -config KVM_ARM_MAX_VCPUS
> +config KVM_MAX_VCPUS
>  	int "Number maximum supported virtual CPUs per VM"
>  	depends on KVM_ARM_HOST
>  	default 4
>  	help
>  	  Static number of max supported virtual CPUs per VM.
>  
> -	  If you choose a high number, the vcpu structures will be quite
> -	  large, so only choose a reasonable number that you expect to
> -	  actually use.
I do no see why on ARM vcpu structure size depends on KVM_ARM_MAX_VCPUS.
Can somebody point me to it.

> +	  The default is set to the highest number of vcpus that
> +	  current hardware supports. Set to a lower number to save
> +	  some resources. Set to a higher number to test scalability.
>  
>  config KVM_ARM_VGIC
>  	bool "KVM support for Virtual GIC"
> -- 
> 1.8.1.4

--
			Gleb.
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