linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 10/26] KVM: s390: interfaces to clear CRYCB masks

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Date:   Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:33:43 -0400
From:   Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Halil Pasic <pasic@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, freude@...ibm.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
        heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, borntraeger@...ibm.com,
        kwankhede@...dia.com, bjsdjshi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        pbonzini@...hat.com, alex.williamson@...hat.com,
        pmorel@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, alifm@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 10/26] KVM: s390: interfaces to clear CRYCB masks

On 09/24/2018 08:01 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:50:36 +0200
> Halil Pasic <pasic@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 09/24/2018 01:01 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
>>> On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:43:00 -0400
>>> Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>>>    
>>>> From: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.ibm.com>
>>>>
>>>> Introduces two new KVM interface to clear the APM, AQM and ADM masks in
>>>> the guest's CRYCB.  The VCPUs are taken out of SIE to ensure the VCPUs do
>>>> not get out of sync.
>>>
>>> Hm, that patch description does not quite match what the patch actually
>>> does...
>>>    
>>
>> You mean it is not obvious where the masks get cleared? Well the APCB is
>> defined to contain exactly the three masks. As far as I can tell the patch
>> description is correct.
> 
> No, I was referring to "two new KVM interface[s]". The patch just
> introduces a new function that clears the masks (well, maybe you can
> call this an "interface"). So
> 
> s/two new KVM interface/a function in KVM/
> 
> and I'd be happy :) (sorry for being too vague)

I'm not quite sure why this is not an interface, but this is not a hill
I'm willing to die on. And, I agree, there are not two of them. I'll
make the change.

>