linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] KVM: cleanup linux/kvm.h

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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 14:39:03 +0100
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] KVM: cleanup linux/kvm.h

On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 3:43 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > More cleanups of KVM's main header:
> >
> > * remove thoroughly obsolete APIs
> >
> > * move architecture-dependent stuff to uapi/asm/kvm.h
> >
> > * small cleanups to __KVM_HAVE_* symbols
>
> Do you have any thoughts on how/when you're going to apply this?  The kvmh code
> movement is likely going to generate conflicts for any new uAPI, e.g. I know Paul's
> Xen series at least conflicts.

It also conflicts (and was partly motivated by) the SEV API cleanups
that I am going to post soon.

> A topic branch is probably overkill.  Maybe getting this into kvm/next sooner
> than later so that kvm/next can be used as a base will suffice?

I can do both, a topic branch is free. But if you think this is in the
"if it compiles, apply it", then I can take that as Acked-by and apply
it today or tomorrow.

Paolo