linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.10 066/142] KVM: Documentation: Fix spec for KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP

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Date:   Wed, 3 Feb 2021 08:20:54 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10 066/142] KVM: Documentation: Fix spec for
 KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP_VM

On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 08:05:06PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 02:37:09PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > From: Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>
> > 
> > commit a10f373ad3c760dd40b41e2f69a800ee7b8da15e upstream.
> > 
> > The documentation classifies KVM_ENABLE_CAP with KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP_VM
> > as a vcpu ioctl, which is incorrect. Fix it by specifying it as a VM
> > ioctl.
> > 
> > Fixes: e5d83c74a580 ("kvm: make KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP_VM architecture agnostic")
> > Signed-off-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>
> > Message-Id: <20210108165349.747359-1-qperret@...gle.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > 
> > ---
> > Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst |    2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> > @@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ documentation when it pops into existenc
> > 
> > :Capability: KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP_VM
> > :Architectures: all
> > -:Type: vcpu ioctl
> > +:Type: vm ioctl
> > :Parameters: struct kvm_enable_cap (in)
> > :Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
> 
> Um, how did this patch made it in?

It came from my scripts, keeping documentation correct seems to be
something it wanted to do :)

thanks,

greg k-h