linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] KVM changes for 4.8 merge window

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Message-ID: <c2b73599-0832-a0af-2ca5-b4c816ec6766@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 3 Aug 2016 13:00:18 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rkrcmar@...hat.com,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...abs.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] KVM changes for 4.8 merge window



On 03/08/2016 08:46, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Considering the h in "hmi" is for hypervisor,
> 
> Well hypervisor != KVM.
> 
> Though in this case hmi.c was pretty safe because it was new code. But
> if I'd received a powerpc patch to hmi.c I wouldn't have thought to
> check if it conflicted with the KVM tree.

This, together with the fact that hmi.c does nothing if KVM is
inactive, suggests to me that hmi.c should be in arch/powerpc/kvm.
I'll send a patch soo; I don't care who merges it, but a topic
branch would be appropriate. ;)

Paolo