linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: Get rid of return value from kvm_arch_create_vm

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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 21:51:12 +0000
From: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>
To: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
	kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
	aneesh.kumar@...nel.org,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
	Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Sebastian Ene <sebastianene@...gle.com>,
	naveen.n.rao@...ux.ibm.com,
	Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: Get rid of return value from kvm_arch_create_vm_debugfs()

On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:59:41 +0000, Oliver Upton wrote:
> The general expectation with debugfs is that any initialization failure
> is nonfatal. Nevertheless, kvm_arch_create_vm_debugfs() allows
> implementations to return an error and kvm_create_vm_debugfs() allows
> that to fail VM creation.
> 
> Change to a void return to discourage architectures from making debugfs
> failures fatal for the VM. Seems like everyone already had the right
> idea, as all implementations already return 0 unconditionally.
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvmarm/next, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: Get rid of return value from kvm_arch_create_vm_debugfs()
      https://git.kernel.org/kvmarm/kvmarm/c/284851ee5cae

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Best,
Oliver