Re: [PATCH 1 of 6] [PATCH] kvm-userspace: ppc: fix compatfd build

[Christian Ehrhardt <ehrhardt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Avi Kivity wrote:
>
>> qemu-kvm.c uses qemu_eventfd/qemu_signalfd. The code of compatfd 
>> takes care
>> if CONFIG_eventfd/CONFIG_signalfd is really enabled. But currently 
>> compatfd is
>> not build if --disable-aio is set. This patch lets compatfd.c build 
>> if USE_KVM
>> is set to allow qemu-kvm to be linked in all cases (with/without 
>> --disable-aio)
>>   
>
> This breaks x86, so I dropped it.
>
On the other Hand x86 it is broken atm too.
If you compile current upstream for x86 with --disable-aio you'll get 
this too:
  ibqemu.a(qemu-kvm.o): In function `kvm_main_loop':
  
/home/paelzer/Desktop/KVM/ppc_port/kvm-userspace-ppc.hg-testbuild/qemu/qemu-kvm.c:565: 
undefined reference to `qemu_eventfd'
  
/home/paelzer/Desktop/KVM/ppc_port/kvm-userspace-ppc.hg-testbuild/qemu/qemu-kvm.c:580: 
undefined reference to `qemu_signalfd'
  collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Which was exactly what I had with power :-/

I checked for the error you reported Avi, and the problem seems to be 
that  USE_KVM was not set even if KVM support is enabled (weird?).
However looking at this more in detail I realized that I don't have to 
care about USE_KVM in this csae. As I mentioned before compatfd.c takes 
care if CONFIG_signalfd/CONFIG_eventfd are set. Therefore we can savely 
remove the makefile guard completely and just always build compatfd.c.

This updated patch works for x86&powerpc with/without --disable-aio in 
my tests.
It should appear on the list shortly.

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Grüsse / regards, 
Christian Ehrhardt
IBM Linux Technology Center, Open Virtualization