linux-kernel - Re: [patch 39/41] x86/idt: Simplify alloc_intr

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Message-ID: <eca72252-bdac-fea3-087c-fc5297c2395b@suse.com>
Date:   Fri, 25 Aug 2017 13:16:08 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.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>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 39/41] x86/idt: Simplify alloc_intr_gate

On 25/08/17 12:31, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The only users of alloc_intr_gate() are hypervisors, which both check the
> used_vectors bitmap whether they have allocated the gate already. Move that
> check into alloc_intr_gate() and simplify the users.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Juergen