linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/9] KVM: Fine-tuning for several function implementations

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Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:22:18 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] KVM: Fine-tuning for several function implementations



On 22/01/2017 19:09, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 19:06:54 +0100
> 
> Several update suggestions were taken into account
> from static source code analysis.

Patches 1, 6 and 7 are acceptable.  The others are useless churn or they
make the result uselessly different from the rest of KVM code.

Paolo

> Markus Elfring (9):
>   Return directly after a failed copy_from_user() in kvm_vm_compat_ioctl()
>   Move error code settings in kvm_vm_ioctl()
>   Move error code settings in kvm_vcpu_compat_ioctl()
>   Move error code settings in kvm_vcpu_ioctl()
>   Improve size determinations in kvm_vcpu_ioctl()
>   Return an error code only as a constant in kvm_get_dirty_log_protect()
>   Return an error code only as a constant in kvm_get_dirty_log()
>   Adjust seven checks for null pointers
>   Improve another size determination in kvm_create_vm()
> 
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 278 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
>  1 file changed, 120 insertions(+), 158 deletions(-)
>