linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] x86/idt: Minor alloc_intr

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Date:   Wed, 13 May 2020 14:57:34 +0200
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] x86/idt: Minor alloc_intr_gate() sanitization

Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com> writes:

> This series is a successor of "[PATCH] x86/idt: Keep spurious entries unset
> in system_vectors".
>
> The original issue I tried to address was that /proc/interrupts output
> was always containing all possible system vectors, including non allocated
> ones (e.g. 'Hypervisor callback interrupts' on bare metal). Thomas
> suggested to expand this cosmetic change to making alloc_intr_gate()
> __init.
>
> Vitaly Kuznetsov (3):
>   x86/xen: Split HVM vector callback setup and interrupt gate allocation
>   x86/idt: Annotate alloc_intr_gate() with __init
>   x86/idt: Keep spurious entries unset in system_vectors
>

Ping?

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Vitaly