From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/54] KVM: Export include/linux/kvm.h only if $ARCH actually supports KVM Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:35:26 +0200 Message-ID: <477A6BCE.7070808@qumranet.com> References: <1199201780-14001-1-git-send-email-avi@qumranet.com> <1199201780-14001-22-git-send-email-avi@qumranet.com> <20080101162200.GA30024@uranus.ravnborg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Sam Ravnborg Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080101162200.GA30024-QabhHTsIXMSnlFQ6Q1D1Y0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 05:35:47PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > >> Currently, make headers_check barfs due to , which >> includes, not existing. Rather than add a zillion s, export kvm.h >> only if the arch actually supports it. >> >> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity >> --- >> arch/x86/Kconfig | 4 ++++ >> drivers/kvm/Kconfig | 4 ++-- >> include/linux/Kbuild | 2 +- >> 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig >> index 80b7ba4..e029a93 100644 >> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig >> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig >> @@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ config ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPROFILE >> bool >> default y >> >> +config ARCH_SUPPORTS_KVM >> + bool >> + default y >> + >> >> config ZONE_DMA32 >> bool >> diff --git a/drivers/kvm/Kconfig b/drivers/kvm/Kconfig >> index 6569206..4086080 100644 >> --- a/drivers/kvm/Kconfig >> +++ b/drivers/kvm/Kconfig >> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ >> # >> menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION >> bool "Virtualization" >> - depends on X86 >> + depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_KVM || X86 >> default y >> ---help--- >> Say Y here to get to see options for using your Linux host to run other >> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if VIRTUALIZATION >> >> config KVM >> tristate "Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support" >> - depends on X86 && EXPERIMENTAL >> + depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_KVM && EXPERIMENTAL >> select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS >> select ANON_INODES >> ---help--- >> > > An approach like the following is preferred: > kvm/Kconfig: > > # config symbols to be selected by archs that implment virtualization/kvm > config HAVE_VIRTUALIZATION > config HAVE_KVM > > menuconfig VIRTUALIZATION > bool "..." > depends on HAVE_VIRTUALIZATION > > config KVM > tristate "..." > depends on HAVE_KVM > > arch/x86/Kconfig: > > config X86 > select HAVE_VIRTUALIZATION > select HAVE_KVM > > > I dunno about the additional "HAVE_VIRTUALIZATION" - I added it > because I assume virtualization is more than just kvm. > > The rationales behinds this approach is: > > -> We do not define a new config variable for each arch > -> We have a common way to say that an arch supports a feature > -> We have a common naming scheme > I think my ARCH_SUPPORTS_KVM is exactly your HAVE_KVM. I'll update the patch to rename the variable and to have x86 select it instead of defining it (which is clearly better) as you suggest. I'll also apply your HAVE_VIRTUALIZATION suggestion. Thanks for the review, comments, and explanations. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/