Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: x86/mmu: always take tdp_mmu_pages_lock

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Sep 29 2023 - 12:16:37 EST


On Fri, Sep 29, 2023, kernel test robot wrote:
> Hi Paolo,
>
> kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:
>
> [auto build test WARNING on kvm/queue]
> [also build test WARNING on linus/master v6.6-rc3 next-20230929]
> [cannot apply to mst-vhost/linux-next kvm/linux-next]
> [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
> And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
> https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]
>
> url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Paolo-Bonzini/KVM-x86-mmu-remove-unnecessary-bool-shared-argument-from-functions/20230929-003259
> base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git queue
> patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230928162959.1514661-4-pbonzini%40redhat.com
> patch subject: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: x86/mmu: always take tdp_mmu_pages_lock
> config: x86_64-buildonly-randconfig-004-20230929 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230929/202309291557.Eq3JDvT6-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
> compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230929/202309291557.Eq3JDvT6-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)
>
> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202309291557.Eq3JDvT6-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
> >> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c:289: warning: Excess function parameter 'shared' description in 'tdp_mmu_unlink_sp'
>
>
> vim +289 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
>
> 43a063cab325ee7 Yosry Ahmed 2022-08-23 278
> a9442f594147f95 Ben Gardon 2021-02-02 279 /**
> c298a30c2821cb0 David Matlack 2022-01-19 280 * tdp_mmu_unlink_sp() - Remove a shadow page from the list of used pages
> a9442f594147f95 Ben Gardon 2021-02-02 281 *
> a9442f594147f95 Ben Gardon 2021-02-02 282 * @kvm: kvm instance
> a9442f594147f95 Ben Gardon 2021-02-02 283 * @sp: the page to be removed
> 9a77daacc87dee9 Ben Gardon 2021-02-02 284 * @shared: This operation may not be running under the exclusive use of
> 9a77daacc87dee9 Ben Gardon 2021-02-02 285 * the MMU lock and the operation must synchronize with other
> 9a77daacc87dee9 Ben Gardon 2021-02-02 286 * threads that might be adding or removing pages.
> a9442f594147f95 Ben Gardon 2021-02-02 287 */

The bot is complaining about the kernel doc, i.e. the above @shared documentation
needs to be deleted. Took me a few seconds to understand what the complaint was
about...