linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 06/19] KVM: Drop kvm_arch_create

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Message-ID: <20200205224513.GH387680@xz-x1>
Date:   Wed, 5 Feb 2020 17:45:13 -0500
From:   Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...abs.org>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.kdev@...il.com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm-ppc@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@....com>,
        Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@...at.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 06/19] KVM: Drop kvm_arch_create_memslot()

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 02:31:44PM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Remove kvm_arch_create_memslot() now that all arch implementations are
> effectively nops.  Removing kvm_arch_create_memslot() eliminates the
> possibility for arch specific code to allocate memory prior to setting
> a memslot, which sets the stage for simplifying kvm_free_memslot().
> 
> Cc: Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>

Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>

-- 
Peter Xu