From: Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
mlevitsk@redhat.com, jmattson@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Documentation: KVM: add API issues section
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:15:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YjvGO0Q8DEeR52i4@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a35f9408-9d54-654c-6639-64192f03ba3b@redhat.com>
On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:32:50PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 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.
Ah good point. I agree bad cross interactions need to be called out
separately.
Thanks!
--
Oliver
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-24 1:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-22 11:07 [PATCH 0/3] Documentation: KVM: add a place to document API quirks and (x86) CPU errata Paolo Bonzini
2022-03-22 11:07 ` [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: KVM: add separate directories for architecture-specific documentation Paolo Bonzini
2022-03-22 11:07 ` [PATCH 2/3] Documentation: KVM: add virtual CPU errata documentation Paolo Bonzini
2022-03-23 16:59 ` Jim Mattson
2022-03-23 18:07 ` Oliver Upton
2022-03-22 11:07 ` [PATCH 3/3] Documentation: KVM: add API issues section Paolo Bonzini
2022-03-23 18:16 ` Oliver Upton
2022-03-23 21:32 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-03-24 1:15 ` Oliver Upton [this message]
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