linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] entry: Rename "kvm" entry code assets to "virt" to genericize APIs

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Message-ID: <87tt1kzwsa.ffs@tglx>
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:41:57 +0200
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
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Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev, kvm@...r.kernel.org, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
 kvm-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org, rcu@...r.kernel.org, Nuno Das Neves
 <nunodasneves@...ux.microsoft.com>, Mukesh R <mrathor@...ux.microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] entry: Rename "kvm" entry code assets to "virt"
 to genericize APIs

On Wed, Aug 27 2025 at 17:01, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Rename the "kvm" entry code files and Kconfigs to use generic "virt"
> nomenclature so that the code can be reused by other hypervisors (or
> rather, their root/dom0 partition drivers), without incorrectly suggesting
> the code somehow relies on and/or involves KVM.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>

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