Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Fix the KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET documentation
From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 08:34:15 EST
On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:28:15 +0100, Fuad Tabba wrote:
> KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET has never set a feature bit: the original arm64
> implementation zeroed the bitmap, and kvm_vcpu_preferred_target(), which
> only ever zeroed it, was removed by commit 5346f7e13e5e ("KVM: arm64:
> Always return generic v8 as the preferred target"). The ENODEV error had
> gone earlier still, with commit 08e873cb70f3 ("KVM: arm64: Change the
> return type of kvm_vcpu_preferred_target()"). Document what it returns,
> that userspace selects vCPU features itself, and drop the error.
>
> [...]
Applied to next, thanks!
[1/1] KVM: arm64: Fix the KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET documentation
commit: f3435cb7df9b8fe242bbf776a9ac496bdd2184e9
Cheers,
M.
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