linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: Mark KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION and KVM_SET_MEMORY

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Message-ID: <3805ed81-2315-4eca-3ea6-b391c1659cc7@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 2 Dec 2022 10:42:44 +0100
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sergio Lopez Pascual <slp@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: Mark KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION and
 KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS as obsoleted

Hello Sean and Paolo,

Thanks for your feedback.

On 11/30/22 15:28, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 11/28/22 19:30, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> E.g. KVM_{CREATE,GET,SET}_PIT are good examples of obsolete ioctls; they've been
>> supplanted by newer variants, but KVM still supports the old ones too.
>>
>> Alternatively (to marking them deprecated), can we completely remove all references
>> to VM_SET_MEMORY_REGION and KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS?  The cascading updates in api.rst
>> will be painful, but it's one-time pain.
> 
> Yes, we should.
>

Ok. I'll do that and post a v2 then.
 
> Paolo
> 

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat