linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] KVM: move vcpu id checking to archs

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Message-ID: <20160425141522.GB2386@potion>
Date:	Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:15:22 +0200
From:	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
To:	Greg Kurz <gkurz@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, james.hogan@...tec.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Hildenbrand <dahi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	qemu-ppc@...gnu.org, Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] KVM: move vcpu id checking to archs

2016-04-22 16:50+0200, Greg Kurz:
> Just to be sure I haven't missed something:
> - change the spec to introduce the MAX_VCPU_ID concept
> - update all related checks in KVM
> - provide a KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID for userspace

That is it, thanks a lot!

(From nitpicks that come to my mind ... MAX_VCPU_ID should not be able
 to lower the VCPU_ID limit below MAX_VCPUS.)