linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/19] drivers/hv: minimal mshv module (/dev/mshv/)

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Message-ID: <948ea565-673d-3b08-9fe3-c69ca6eee727@linux.microsoft.com>
Date:   Tue, 1 Jun 2021 12:45:49 -0700
From:   Nuno Das Neves <nunodasneves@...ux.microsoft.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, mikelley@...rosoft.com,
        viremana@...ux.microsoft.com, sunilmut@...rosoft.com,
        wei.liu@...nel.org, vkuznets@...hat.com, ligrassi@...rosoft.com,
        kys@...rosoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/19] drivers/hv: minimal mshv module (/dev/mshv/)


On 5/28/2021 5:01 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 5/28/21 3:43 PM, Nuno Das Neves wrote:
>> Introduce a barebones module file for the mshv API.
>> Introduce CONFIG_HYPERV_ROOT_API for controlling compilation of mshv.
>>
>> Co-developed-by: Lillian Grassin-Drake <ligrassi@...rosoft.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Lillian Grassin-Drake <ligrassi@...rosoft.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Nuno Das Neves <nunodasneves@...ux.microsoft.com>
>> ---
> 
> Hi,
> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/hv/Kconfig b/drivers/hv/Kconfig
>> index 66c794d92391..d618b1fab2bb 100644
>> --- a/drivers/hv/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/hv/Kconfig
>> @@ -27,4 +27,22 @@ config HYPERV_BALLOON
>>  	help
>>  	  Select this option to enable Hyper-V Balloon driver.
>>  
>> +config HYPERV_ROOT_API
>> +	tristate "Microsoft Hypervisor root partition interfaces: /dev/mshv"
>> +	depends on HYPERV
>> +	help
>> +	  Provides access to interfaces for managing guest virtual machines
>> +	  running under the Microsoft Hypervisor.
>> +
>> +	  These interfaces will only work when Linux is running as root
>> +	  partition on the Microsoft Hypervisor.
>> +
>> +	  The interfaces are provided via a device named /dev/mshv.
>> +
>> +	  To compile this as a module, choose M here.
>> +          The module is named mshv.
> 
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Please follow coding-style for Kconfig files:
> 
> (from Documentation/process/coding-style.rst, section 10):
> 
> For all of the Kconfig* configuration files throughout the source tree,
> the indentation is somewhat different.  Lines under a ``config`` definition
> are indented with one tab, while help text is indented an additional two
> spaces.
> 

Oops, thanks for catching that!

>> +
>> +	  If unsure, say N.
>> +
>> +
>>  endmenu
> 
> thanks.
>