linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: remove kvm_arch_has_vcpu

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Message-ID: <cd8e8df4-7d12-f111-04fd-fa4d5cb0d89b@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 5 Aug 2019 17:49:10 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Radim Krm <rkrcmar@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: remove kvm_arch_has_vcpu_debugfs()

On 03/08/19 09:41, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Aug 2019, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 31/07/19 20:55, Greg KH wrote:
>>> There is no need for this function as all arches have to implement
>>> kvm_arch_create_vcpu_debugfs() no matter what, so just remove this call
>>> as it is pointless.
>>
>> Let's remove kvm_arch_arch_create_vcpu_debugfs too for non-x86 arches.
> 
> Can't we remove _all_ that virt muck? That would solve a lot more problems
> in one go.

It sure would take some maintainer burden off me. :)

Paolo