linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] KVM: x86: Remove unused ctxt param from emulator's FPU accessors

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Message-ID: <b8491683-3717-4dbe-637f-c3daeef08d81@redhat.com>
Date:   Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:35:16 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Derek Yerger <derek@....llc>,
        kernel@...dan.com, Thomas Lambertz <mail@...maslambertz.de>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] KVM: x86: Remove unused ctxt param from emulator's
 FPU accessors

On 17/01/20 20:30, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Remove an unused struct x86_emulate_ctxt * param from low level helpers
> used to access guest FPU state.  The unused param was left behind by
> commit 6ab0b9feb82a ("x86,kvm: remove KVM emulator get_fpu / put_fpu").
> 
> No functional change intended.

Makes sense since the new implementation of emulator_get/put_fpu can be
considered generic, and therefore it's okay not to tie it to ctxt->ops.

Queued, thanks.

Paolo