linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 06/15] x86/paravirt: switch time pvops functions to use static

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Date:   Wed, 6 Jan 2021 11:41:26 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        "xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, Deep Shah <sdeep@...are.com>,
        "VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        vkuznets <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/15] x86/paravirt: switch time pvops functions to
 use static_call()

On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 05:31:50PM +0000, Michael Kelley wrote:
> These Hyper-V changes are problematic as we want to keep hyperv_timer.c
> architecture independent.  While only the code for x86/x64 is currently
> accepted upstream, code for ARM64 support is in progress.   So we need
> to use hv_setup_sched_clock() in hyperv_timer.c, and have the per-arch
> implementation in mshyperv.h.

Why, because ARM doesn't have static_call yet? I hear someone is working
on that...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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