linux-kernel - Re: fastpath_t? __no

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 07:03:43 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     cai@....pw, elver@...gle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fastpath_t? __no_kcsan? Both?

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 09:12:56AM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 15/06/20 06:20, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > 
> > I get the following conflict when rebasing 39a8c47635b0 ("kvm/svm:
> > Disable KCSAN for svm_vcpu_run()") onto v5.8-rc1:
> > 
> > <<<<<<< 6c410247efb2d3907b508a2448ab9ab1c86d938c
> > static fastpath_t svm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > =======
> > static __no_kcsan void svm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >>>>>>>> kvm/svm: Disable KCSAN for svm_vcpu_run()
> > The "natural" resolution would be this:
> > 
> > static fastpath_t __no_kcsan void svm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > 
> > But does that make sense?
> 
> fastpath_t is just an enum, so
> 
> 	static __no_kcsan fastpath_t svm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> 
> Now that KCSAN has been merged however I can do this change myself.

Very good, over to you, and thank you!

							Thanx, Paul