Re: [PATCH 1/5] rcu,nohz: add state parameter to context_tracking_user_enter/exit

[Rik van Riel]

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On 02/06/2015 12:22 PM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 03:23:48PM -0500, riel@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> Add the expected ctx_state as a parameter to
>> context_tracking_user_enter and context_tracking_user_exit,
>> allowing the same functions to not just track kernel <> user
>> space switching, but also kernel <> guest transitions.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> You should consider using guest_enter() and guest_exit() instead.
> These are context tracking APIs too but specifically for guest.

What do you mean instead?  KVM already uses those.

I just wanted to avoid duplicating the code...

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