Re: [PATCH v7 02/23] KVM: Make device name configurable

[Sean Christopherson]

On Thu, Sep 03, 2026, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I don't want KVM to be the. one that does things differently *once more*.
> >
> > Too late :-D
> >
> > arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile:ccflags-y := -D__KVM_NVHE_HYPERVISOR__ -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS -D__DISABLE_TRACE_MMIO__
> > arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/Makefile:ccflags-y := -D__KVM_VHE_HYPERVISOR__
> 
> Sure, VHE/nVHE is fair game because the nVHE case is in the same boat
> as vDSO, arch/*/boot, and so on.
> 
> Looking at a grep for (cflags|CFLAGS).*\-D most are -DDEBUG,
> -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING, -DDEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE, etc. and in
> most cases they seem like a bad idea. Don't do it for KVM please;
> requiring -D for all architectures and for random pieces of config,
> when you can put it in asm/kvm_host.h, is just as bad if not worse.

Boo, it's never fun when a parent shows up and takes away your toys :-D