Re: [PATCH] arm64: KVM: rename the capability to set guest SError syndrome

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Mon Aug 20 2018 - 07:15:53 EST


Hi Dongjiu,

On 20/08/18 19:37, Dongjiu Geng wrote:
> In the documentation description, this capability's name is
> KVM_CAP_ARM_SET_SERROR_ESR, but in the header file this
> capability's name is KVM_CAP_ARM_INJECT_SERROR_ESR, so it
> is better to use a same name.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dongjiu Geng <gengdongjiu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> In the Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt:
>
> +8.19 KVM_CAP_ARM_SET_SERROR_ESR
>
> In the include/uapi/linux/kvm.h:
> +#define KVM_CAP_ARM_INJECT_SERROR_ESR 156
>
> So in above two files, the capability's name is not same, it
> is better to use a same name.
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c | 2 +-
> include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
> index e37c78b..57dc6be 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
> @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int kvm_arch_dev_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
> case KVM_CAP_ARM_PMU_V3:
> r = kvm_arm_support_pmu_v3();
> break;
> - case KVM_CAP_ARM_INJECT_SERROR_ESR:
> + case KVM_CAP_ARM_SET_SERROR_ESR:
> r = cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_HAS_RAS_EXTN);
> break;
> case KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG:
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> index 07548de..fab7525 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> @@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt {
> #define KVM_CAP_HYPERV_TLBFLUSH 155
> #define KVM_CAP_S390_HPAGE_1M 156
> #define KVM_CAP_NESTED_STATE 157
> -#define KVM_CAP_ARM_INJECT_SERROR_ESR 158
> +#define KVM_CAP_ARM_SET_SERROR_ESR 158
>
> #ifdef KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
>
>

I'd prefer you fix the documentation rather than the code, as this would
pointlessly break existing code.

Thanks,

M.
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