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

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Date:   Thu, 14 May 2020 10:10:28 +0200
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     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>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] x86/idt: Minor alloc_intr_gate() sanitization

Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> writes:

> Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com> writes:
>> 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?
>
> It's in my pile and I just did not come around to merge it.
>

No problem, just wanted to make sure it didn't slip through the
cracks. I see tip-bot already queued it, thanks!

-- 
Vitaly