Re: [PATCH] i386: Document when features can be added to kvm_default_props

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 25/09/20 23:10, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> It's very easy to mistakenly extend kvm_default_props to include
> features that require a kernel version that's too recent.  Add a
> comment warning about that, pointing to the documentation file
> where the minimum kernel version for KVM is documented.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
> ---
>  target/i386/cpu.c | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
> index 3ffd877dd51..c8558bb49ac 100644
> --- a/target/i386/cpu.c
> +++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
> @@ -4098,8 +4098,14 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
>      },
>  };
>  
> -/* KVM-specific features that are automatically added/removed
> +/*
> + * KVM-specific features that are automatically added/removed
>   * from all CPU models when KVM is enabled.
> + *
> + * NOTE: features can be enabled by default only if they were
> + *       already available in the oldest kernel version supported
> + *       by the KVM accelerator (see "OS requirements" section at
> + *       docs/system/target-i386.rst)
>   */
>  static PropValue kvm_default_props[] = {
>      { "kvmclock", "on" },
> 

Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>