linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] KVM: x86: remove KVM_X86_OP_NULL and mark optional kvm_x86

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Date:   Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:52:04 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] KVM: x86: remove KVM_X86_OP_NULL and mark
 optional kvm_x86_ops

On Thu, Feb 17, 2022, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> The original use of KVM_X86_OP_NULL, which was to mark calls
> that do not follow a specific naming convention, is not in use
> anymore.  Instead, let's mark calls that are optional because
> they are always invoked within conditionals or with static_call_cond.
> Those that are _not_, i.e. those that are defined with KVM_X86_OP,
> must be defined by both vendor modules or some kind of NULL pointer
> dereference is bound to happen at runtime.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>