Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: correct the misleading comment in vmx_handle_external_intr

From: Longpeng (Mike)
Date: Tue Oct 11 2016 - 21:16:01 EST


Hi Radim,

On 2016/10/12 2:23, Radim KrÄmÃÅ wrote:

> This part is acceptable as it gives a new information code, yet the
> function does not modify flags, which makes it unremarkable.
> And dependencies on the caller would be better described in a header
> (if we cannot express them well in the code).
>
> The most comment-worthy thing about this function is the reason why we
> execute the interrupt handler manually, i.e. the dependency on
> VM_EXIT_ACK_INTR_ON_EXIT, but that is easy to tell from the commit
> message and convenient access to git history is essential in a workflow,
> so providing a leeway could be counter-productive.
>
> I would go with no comment for now.
>
> .
>

Thanks for your patience, and your advice is useful for me.

In addition, the comment below is misleading too, hope you can fix it
simultaneously.

/* Interrupt is enabled by handle_external_intr() */
kvm_x86_ops->handle_external_intr(vcpu);

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Regards,
Longpeng(Mike)