Re: [kvm-ppc-devel] [kvm-devel] [PATCH] Use

[Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@us.ibm.com>]

On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 18:22 -0500, Chris Lalancette wrote:
> Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> > diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> > --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> > @@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ void kvm_io_bus_register_dev(struct kvm_
> >  
> >  struct kvm_vcpu {
> >  	struct kvm *kvm;
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
> >  	struct preempt_notifier preempt_notifier;
> > +#endif
> >  	int vcpu_id;
> >  	struct mutex mutex;
> >  	int   cpu;
> 
> Hm, this causes my build to fail on x86_64:
> 
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.23.8-63.fc8/build M=`pwd` "$@"
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.23.8-63.fc8-x86_64'
>   LD      /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/built-in.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/svm.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/vmx.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/vmx-debug.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/kvm_main.o
> /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/kvm_main.c: In function ‘vcpu_load’:
> /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/kvm_main.c:82: error: ‘struct kvm_vcpu’ has no member
> named ‘preempt_notifier’
> /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/kvm_main.c: In function ‘vcpu_put’:
> /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/kvm_main.c:91: error: ‘struct kvm_vcpu’ has no member
> named ‘preempt_notifier’
> /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/kvm_main.c: In function ‘kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu’:
> /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/kvm_main.c:749: error: ‘struct kvm_vcpu’ has no member
> named ‘preempt_notifier’
> /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/kvm_main.c: In function ‘preempt_notifier_to_vcpu’:
> /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/kvm_main.c:1284: error: ‘struct kvm_vcpu’ has no
> member named ‘preempt_notifier’
> /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/kvm_main.c:1284: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in
> declaration of ‘__mptr’
> /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/kvm_main.c:1284: warning: initialization from
> incompatible pointer type
> /tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/kvm_main.c:1284: error: ‘struct kvm_vcpu’ has no
> member named ‘preempt_notifier’
> make[3]: *** [/tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel/kvm_main.o] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [_module_/tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.23.8-63.fc8-x86_64'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/kvm-userspace/kernel'
> make: *** [kernel] Error 2
> 
> Reverting this patch makes the build succeed again.
> 
> Chris Lalancette

Actually, I think this should do the trick:


Always use CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS in the external module hack.

Signed-off-by: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@us.ibm.com>

diff --git a/kernel/hack-module.awk b/kernel/hack-module.awk
--- a/kernel/hack-module.awk
+++ b/kernel/hack-module.awk
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 
 { sub(/linux\/mm_types\.h/, "linux/mm.h") }
 
+/#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS/ { $0 = "#if 1" }
+
 { print }
 
 /kvm_x86_ops->run/ {


-- 
Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center


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