linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 35/45] KVM: s390: Manually invoke vcpu setup during kvm_arch_vcpu

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Date:   Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:04:45 +0100
From:   Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...abs.org>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.kdev@...il.com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, kvm-ppc@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kurz <groug@...d.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 35/45] KVM: s390: Manually invoke vcpu setup during
 kvm_arch_vcpu_create()

On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:55:20 -0800
Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com> wrote:

> Rename kvm_arch_vcpu_setup() to kvm_s390_vcpu_setup() and manually call
> the new function during kvm_arch_vcpu_create().  Define an empty
> kvm_arch_vcpu_setup() as it's still required for compilation.  This
> is effectively a nop as kvm_arch_vcpu_create() and kvm_arch_vcpu_setup()
> are called back-to-back by common KVM code.  Obsoleting
> kvm_arch_vcpu_setup() paves the way for its removal.
> 
> Note, gmap_remove() is now called if setup fails, as s390 was previously
> freeing it via kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(), which is called by common KVM
> code if kvm_arch_vcpu_setup() fails.

Yes, this looks like the only thing that needs to be undone
(sca_add_vcpu() is done later in the process.)

Maybe mention that gmap_remove() is for ucontrol only? I was confused
for a moment :)


> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
> ---
>  arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>