Re: [PATCH 3/3] Documentation: KVM: add API issues section

Paolo Bonzini
2022-03-23T21:33:01Z

On 3/23/22 19:16, Oliver Upton wrote:
> Do you think we should vent about our mistakes inline with the
> descriptions of the corresponding UAPI? One example that comes to mind
> is ARM's CNTV_CVAL_EL0/CNTVCT_EL0 mixup, which is mentioned in 4.68
> 'KVM_SET_ONE_REG'. That, of course, doesn't cover the
> previously-undocumented bits of UAPI that are problematic:)

It depends. My intention was to use this document more for hidden
interdependencies, in this case between KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID and
KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, KVM_ENABLE_CAP(KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP_SPLIT),
KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER.

Paolo