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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: zhangyanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: dzickus@redhat.com, luto@mit.edu, gregkh@suse.de,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, joerg.roedel@amd.com, mtosatti@redhat.com,
	kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	paul.gortmaker@windriver.com, ludwig.nussel@suse.de,
	avi@redhat.com, ebiederm@xmission.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] ksysfs: export VMCSINFO via sysfs
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:00:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120412230058.GA23292@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F84E50E.2090008@cn.fujitsu.com>

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 09:57:34AM +0800, zhangyanfei wrote:
> This patch creates sysfs file to export where VMCSINFO is allocated,
> as below:
>         $ cat /sys/kernel/vmcsinfo
>         1cb88a0 2000
> number on the left-hand side is the physical address of VMCSINFO,
> while the one on the right-hand side is the max size of VMCSINFO.

Ick, why do you have 2 values in one sysfs file, that's not nice, or
good.

What's wrong with 2 different files?

Also, any new sysfs file you add needs to also have a Documentation/ABI
entry added as well.

But we can't accept this as-is, sorry, please split it up into 2 files.

greg k-h

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From: Greg KH <gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
To: zhangyanfei <zhangyanfei-BthXqXjhjHXQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: dzickus-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	luto-3s7WtUTddSA@public.gmane.org,
	gregkh-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org,
	kvm-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	joerg.roedel-5C7GfCeVMHo@public.gmane.org,
	mtosatti-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	kexec-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	paul.gortmaker-CWA4WttNNZF54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org,
	ludwig.nussel-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org,
	avi-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	ebiederm-aS9lmoZGLiVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] ksysfs: export VMCSINFO via sysfs
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:00:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120412230058.GA23292@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F84E50E.2090008-BthXqXjhjHXQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 09:57:34AM +0800, zhangyanfei wrote:
> This patch creates sysfs file to export where VMCSINFO is allocated,
> as below:
>         $ cat /sys/kernel/vmcsinfo
>         1cb88a0 2000
> number on the left-hand side is the physical address of VMCSINFO,
> while the one on the right-hand side is the max size of VMCSINFO.

Ick, why do you have 2 values in one sysfs file, that's not nice, or
good.

What's wrong with 2 different files?

Also, any new sysfs file you add needs to also have a Documentation/ABI
entry added as well.

But we can't accept this as-is, sorry, please split it up into 2 files.

greg k-h

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: zhangyanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: avi@redhat.com, mtosatti@redhat.com, ebiederm@xmission.com,
	luto@mit.edu, joerg.roedel@amd.com, dzickus@redhat.com,
	paul.gortmaker@windriver.com, gregkh@suse.de,
	ludwig.nussel@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] ksysfs: export VMCSINFO via sysfs
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:00:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120412230058.GA23292@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F84E50E.2090008@cn.fujitsu.com>

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 09:57:34AM +0800, zhangyanfei wrote:
> This patch creates sysfs file to export where VMCSINFO is allocated,
> as below:
>         $ cat /sys/kernel/vmcsinfo
>         1cb88a0 2000
> number on the left-hand side is the physical address of VMCSINFO,
> while the one on the right-hand side is the max size of VMCSINFO.

Ick, why do you have 2 values in one sysfs file, that's not nice, or
good.

What's wrong with 2 different files?

Also, any new sysfs file you add needs to also have a Documentation/ABI
entry added as well.

But we can't accept this as-is, sorry, please split it up into 2 files.

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2012-04-12 23:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 109+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-11  1:39 [PATCH 0/4] Export offsets of VMCS fields as note information for kdump zhangyanfei
2012-04-11  1:39 ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-11  1:49 ` [PATCH 1/4] x86: Add helper variables and functions to hold VMCSINFO zhangyanfei
2012-04-11  1:49   ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-11  1:50 ` [PATCH 2/4] KVM: VMX: Add functions to fill VMCSINFO zhangyanfei
2012-04-11  1:50   ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-11  8:48   ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-11  8:48     ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-11  8:48     ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-11 10:34     ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-11 10:34       ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-11 10:34       ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-11 11:41       ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-11 11:41         ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-11 11:41         ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-11  1:57 ` [PATCH 3/4] ksysfs: export VMCSINFO via sysfs zhangyanfei
2012-04-11  1:57   ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-11  1:57   ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-12 23:00   ` Greg KH [this message]
2012-04-12 23:00     ` Greg KH
2012-04-12 23:00     ` Greg KH
2012-04-17  1:52     ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-17  1:52       ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-17  2:30       ` Greg KH
2012-04-17  2:30         ` Greg KH
2012-04-11  1:58 ` [PATCH 4/4] kexec: Add crash_save_vmcsinfo to update VMCSINFO zhangyanfei
2012-04-11  1:58   ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-11  1:58   ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-11  8:56 ` [PATCH 0/4] Export offsets of VMCS fields as note information for kdump Avi Kivity
2012-04-11  8:56   ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-11 10:12   ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-11 10:12     ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-11 10:12     ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-11 11:15     ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-11 11:15       ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-11 10:21 ` Joerg Roedel
2012-04-11 10:21   ` Joerg Roedel
2012-04-11 10:21   ` Joerg Roedel
2012-04-11 10:49   ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-11 10:49     ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-11 10:49     ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-11 10:59   ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-11 10:59     ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-11 10:59     ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-17  7:44 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-17  7:44   ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-17  7:44   ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-17 10:51   ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-17 10:51     ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-17 10:51     ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-17 10:59     ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-17 10:59       ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-17 10:59       ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-17 11:25       ` Wen Congyang
2012-04-17 11:25         ` Wen Congyang
2012-04-17 11:25         ` Wen Congyang
2012-04-17 13:04         ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-17 13:04           ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-17 13:04           ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-18  7:30       ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-18  7:30         ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-18  7:30         ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-18  8:24         ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-18  8:24           ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-18  8:24           ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-18  9:49           ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-18  9:49             ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-18  9:49             ` zhangyanfei
2012-04-18 11:56             ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-18 11:56               ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-18 11:56               ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-19 10:36               ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-04-19 10:36                 ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-04-19 10:36                 ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-04-19 10:42                 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-19 10:42                   ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-19 10:42                   ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-19 11:27                   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-04-19 11:27                     ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-04-19 11:27                     ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-04-19 11:31                     ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-19 11:31                       ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-19 11:31                       ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-19 12:01                       ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-04-19 12:01                         ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-04-19 12:01                         ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-04-19 12:08                         ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-19 12:08                           ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-19 12:08                           ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-20 10:11                           ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-04-20 10:11                             ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-04-20 10:11                             ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-04-22  9:58                             ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-22  9:58                               ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-22 10:33                               ` Gleb Natapov
2012-04-22 10:33                                 ` Gleb Natapov
2012-04-22 10:33                                 ` Gleb Natapov
2012-04-22 10:57                                 ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-22 10:57                                   ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-22 10:57                                   ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-17 16:49   ` Anthony Liguori
2012-04-18 12:13     ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-18 12:13       ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-18 12:13       ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-18 13:47       ` Nadav Har'El
2012-04-18 13:47         ` Nadav Har'El
2012-04-18 14:06         ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-18 14:06           ` Avi Kivity
2012-04-18 14:06           ` Avi Kivity

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