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From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
To: Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@huawei.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 01/10] accel/kvm: Extract common KVM vCPU {creation,parking} code
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2023 17:21:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <792f9f38-6031-1269-109e-941d2ecaddf9@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0c972e213f9a46c3a595dc7f933046aa@huawei.com>

> 
>>
>> kvm_precreate_vcpu
> 
> pre-creation is very much specific to ARM right now. I am not sure
> if it is right to have an API with this name in the code which is
> common to other architectures.

I don't like exposing the concept of "parking" CPUs externally, which is 
so far handled completely internally.

[...]

> 
> 
>> kvm_create_vcpu
>> kvm_destroy_vcpu
>>
>> One could even make kvm_create_vcpu() fail on ARM if the VCPU hasn't
>> been pre-created.
> 
> Right now, we abort the CPU initialization process if this happens. I
> am planning to change abort() into 'fatal_error' in RFC V3 though.
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> Or did I get it all wrong? :)
> 
> I won't say that it is just another point of view which is absolutely
> fine. But I would like to stick to current APIs.

No really strong opinion, I wouldn't do it that way. I'll let others 
chime in if they have an opinion.

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb



  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-10-09 15:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-09 11:28 [PATCH V3 00/10] Add architecture agnostic code to support vCPU Hotplug Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 11:28 ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 11:28 ` [PATCH V3 01/10] accel/kvm: Extract common KVM vCPU {creation, parking} code Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 11:28   ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 12:20   ` [PATCH V3 01/10] accel/kvm: Extract common KVM vCPU {creation,parking} code David Hildenbrand
2023-10-09 13:42     ` Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 13:42       ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 14:11       ` David Hildenbrand
2023-10-09 15:10         ` Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 15:10           ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 15:21           ` David Hildenbrand [this message]
2023-10-09 15:34             ` Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 15:34               ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 11:28 ` [PATCH V3 02/10] hw/acpi: Move CPU ctrl-dev MMIO region len macro to common header file Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 11:28   ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 12:21   ` David Hildenbrand
2023-10-09 13:43     ` Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 13:43       ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 11:28 ` [PATCH V3 03/10] hw/acpi: Add ACPI CPU hotplug init stub Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 11:28   ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 12:22   ` David Hildenbrand
2023-10-09 13:49     ` Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 13:49       ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 13:55       ` David Hildenbrand
2023-10-09 15:45         ` Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 15:45           ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 11:28 ` [PATCH V3 04/10] hw/acpi: Init GED framework with cpu hotplug events Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 11:28   ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 12:26   ` David Hildenbrand
2023-10-09 14:12     ` Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 14:12       ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 14:14       ` David Hildenbrand
2023-10-09 15:42         ` Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 15:42           ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 11:28 ` [PATCH V3 05/10] hw/acpi: Update CPUs AML with cpu-(ctrl)dev change Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 11:28   ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 11:28 ` [PATCH V3 06/10] hw/acpi: Update GED _EVT method AML with CPU scan Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 11:28   ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 11:28 ` [PATCH V3 07/10] hw/acpi: Update ACPI GED framework to support vCPU Hotplug Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 11:28   ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 11:28 ` [PATCH V3 08/10] physmem: Add helper function to destroy CPU AddressSpace Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 11:28   ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 11:28 ` [PATCH V3 09/10] gdbstub: Add helper function to unregister GDB register space Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 11:28   ` Salil Mehta
2023-10-09 11:28 ` [PATCH V3 10/10] target/arm/kvm: Write CPU state back to KVM on reset Salil Mehta via
2023-10-09 11:28   ` Salil Mehta

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