linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: Start populating /sys/hypervisor with KVM entries

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Date:   Thu, 16 May 2019 15:14:16 +0000
From:   "Sironi, Filippo" <sironi@...zon.de>
To:     Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
CC:     "Graf, Alexander" <graf@...zon.com>,
        Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "borntraeger@...ibm.com" <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        "cohuck@...hat.com" <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        "konrad.wilk@...cle.com" <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        "xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: Start populating /sys/hypervisor
 with KVM entries


> On 16. May 2019, at 17:02, Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
> On 5/16/19 10:08 AM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>> 
>> My point is mostly that we should be as common
>> as possible when it comes to /sys/hypervisor, so that tools don't have
>> to care about the HV they're working against.
> 
> It might make sense to have a common sys-hypervisor.c file
> (drivers/hypervisor/sys-hypervisor.c or some such), with
> hypervisor-specific ops/callbacks/etc.
> 
> -boris


Yes, it definitely does. I would follow up with future patches to make it
happen.

Filippo





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