linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 01/12] x86/paravirt: Move halt paravirt calls under CONFIG

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Message-ID: <ddb9c140-caf9-ef46-d5af-ac9a1283c5df@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:39:15 -0700
From:   "Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan" 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter H Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kirill Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <knsathya@...nel.org>,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Deep Shah <sdeep@...are.com>,
        "VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@...are.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 01/12] x86/paravirt: Move halt paravirt calls under
 CONFIG_PARAVIRT



On 8/17/21 6:28 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> I guess you have been lucky and all users of arch_safe_halt() and halt()
> are directly or indirectly including asm/paravirt.h by other means.
> 
> There might be configs where this is not true, though.
> 
> In any case I believe you should fix your patch to let asm/irqflags.h
> include asm/paravirt.h for the CONFIG_PARAVIRT case.

Ok. I will include it.

#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT) && !defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL)
#include <asm/paravirt.h>
#endif

-- 
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer