Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: Mark KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION and KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS as obsoleted

From: Javier Martinez Canillas
Date: Fri Dec 02 2022 - 04:43:56 EST


Hello Sean and Paolo,

Thanks for your feedback.

On 11/30/22 15:28, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 11/28/22 19:30, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> E.g. KVM_{CREATE,GET,SET}_PIT are good examples of obsolete ioctls; they've been
>> supplanted by newer variants, but KVM still supports the old ones too.
>>
>> Alternatively (to marking them deprecated), can we completely remove all references
>> to VM_SET_MEMORY_REGION and KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS? The cascading updates in api.rst
>> will be painful, but it's one-time pain.
>
> Yes, we should.
>

Ok. I'll do that and post a v2 then.

> Paolo
>

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Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
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