linux-kernel - Re: [patch 40/41] x86/idt: Hide set_intr

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Message-ID: <b1f08d37-b1f1-130b-0335-ed1b16f73df9@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:56:56 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 40/41] x86/idt: Hide set_intr_gate()

On 25/08/2017 12:31, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> set_intr_gate() is an internal function of the IDT code. The only user left
> is the KVM code which replaces the pagefault handler eventually.
> 
> Provide an explicit update_intr_gate() function and make set_intr_gate()
> static. While at it replace the magic number 14 in the KVM code with the
> proper trap define.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>


Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>

Thanks,

Paolo