linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: core-api: entry: Replace deprecated KVM entry/exit functions

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Message-ID: <87cy9qsult.ffs@tglx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:08:30 +0200
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
 linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@...zon.com>, Mark Rutland
 <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: core-api: entry: Replace deprecated KVM
 entry/exit functions

On Wed, Jul 23 2025 at 17:51, Andrew Donnellan wrote:

> The x86-specific functions kvm_guest_{enter,exit}_irqoff() were removed
> and replaced by the generic guest_state_{enter,exit}_irqoff() in commit
> ef9989afda73 ("kvm: add guest_state_{enter,exit}_irqoff()") and commit
> b2d2af7e5df3 ("kvm/x86: rework guest entry logic").
>
> Update the references in the entry/exit handling documentation.
>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@...zon.com>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>