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From: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: Carsten Otte <cotte-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org"
	<kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: RFC/patch portability: split kvm_vcpu_ioctl v1
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:30:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <470E5DB8.9060706@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1192123012.5885.13.camel-WIxn4w2hgUz3YA32ykw5MLlKpX0K8NHHQQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>

Carsten Otte wrote:
> This patch splits kvm_vcpu_ioctl into archtecture independent parts, and
> x86 specific parts which go to kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl in x86.c. 
>
> Common ioctls for all architectures are:
> KVM_RUN, KVM_GET/SET_(S-)REGS, KVM_TRANSLATE, KVM_INTERRUPT,
> KVM_DEBUG_GUEST, KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK, KVM_GET/SET_FPU
> Note that some PPC chips don't have an FPU, so we might need an #ifdef
> around KVM_GET/SET_FPU one day.
>
> x86 specific ioctls are:
> KVM_GET/SET_LAPIC, KVM_SET_CPUID, KVM_GET/SET_MSRS
>
> An interresting aspect is vcpu_load/vcpu_put. We now have a common
> kvm_vcpu_load/put which does the preemption stuff, and an architecture
> specific kvm_arch_vcpu_load/put. In the x86 case, this one calls the
> vmx/svm function defined in kvm_x86_ops.
>   

Applied, thanks.  I renamed kvm_vcpu_load() and kvm_vcpu_put() back to 
vcpu_load() and vcpu_put() in order to keep the patch small and simple, 
and because I'm emotionally attached to the original names.


-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-10-11 17:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-11 17:16 RFC/patch portability: split kvm_vcpu_ioctl v1 Carsten Otte
     [not found] ` <1192123012.5885.13.camel-WIxn4w2hgUz3YA32ykw5MLlKpX0K8NHHQQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-11 17:30   ` Avi Kivity [this message]
     [not found]     ` <470E5DB8.9060706-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-11 20:15       ` Carsten Otte
     [not found]         ` <470E8450.4070303-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-12  6:26           ` Avi Kivity
     [not found]             ` <470F137B.1040805-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-12  8:23               ` Carsten Otte
     [not found]                 ` <470F2EE9.3060503-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-13  8:08                   ` Avi Kivity
2007-10-11 17:47   ` Avi Kivity
     [not found]     ` <470E61BA.6090404-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-11 20:16       ` Carsten Otte

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