linux-kernel - Re: [KVM x86 vPMU Patch 0/2] Two vPMU Trivial Patches

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <55C9F6C8.5010807@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 11 Aug 2015 15:21:12 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Wei Huang <wei@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gleb@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org, joro@...tes.org,
	trivial@...nel.org, drjones@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [KVM x86 vPMU Patch 0/2] Two vPMU Trivial Patches



On 07/08/2015 21:53, Wei Huang wrote:
> These two trivial patches are related to x86 vPMU code. They were
> actually suggested by Andrew Jones while he was reviewing the last
> big vPMU patch set.
> 
> These patches have been compiled and tested on AMD system using
> a 64-bit guest VM with various perf commands (e.g. bench, test, top, 
> stat). No obvious problems were found.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Wei
> 
> Wei Huang (2):
>   KVM: x86/vPMU: Move the definition of kvm_pmu_ops to arch-specific
>     files
>   KVM: x86/vPMU: Fix unnecessary signed extesion for AMD PERFCTRn
> 
>  arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h     | 2 --
>  arch/x86/kvm/pmu_amd.c | 2 --
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm.c     | 1 +
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c     | 1 +
>  4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 

Applied patch 2.  For patch 1 I'm not sure, because I do not really like
1) externs in .c files; 2) globals with no declarations in a .h file.
So I'm leaving it out while I think more about it.

Paolo
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/