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From: KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
To: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	"mingo@kernel.org" <mingo@kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"hpa@linux.intel.com" <hpa@linux.intel.com>,
	"linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org" 
	<linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [tip:x86/hyperv] X86: Handle Hyper-V vmbus interrupts as special hypervisor interrupts
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:47:14 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e637e3e4bb724e32a64b13ba746d65a6@SN2PR03MB061.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAE9FiQVBXyF2ry==pnS3N+FrUObGW1HO3fCnKW1BxE7JpmzGcA@mail.gmail.com>



> -----Original Message-----
> From: yhlu.kernel@gmail.com [mailto:yhlu.kernel@gmail.com] On Behalf Of
> Yinghai Lu
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:43 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin; mingo@kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> tglx@linutronix.de; hpa@linux.intel.com; linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [tip:x86/hyperv] X86: Handle Hyper-V vmbus interrupts as special
> hypervisor interrupts
> 
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 7:58 PM, KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa@zytor.com]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:55 PM
> >> To: KY Srinivasan
> >> Cc: Yinghai Lu; mingo@kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> >> tglx@linutronix.de; hpa@linux.intel.com; linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
> >> Subject: Re: [tip:x86/hyperv] X86: Handle Hyper-V vmbus interrupts as special
> >> hypervisor interrupts
> >>
> >> On 02/12/2013 07:49 PM, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> The issue was that you could turn on CONFIG_HYPERV without enabling
> >> >>> CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC. Peter fixed it.
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >> He is asking why you are using IS_ENABLED() instead of #ifdef.  The
> >> >> difference is that IS_ENABLED() works even for modules.
> >> >
> >> > My mistake!
> >> >
> >>
> >> Well, which one do you need?
> >
> > I chose the IS_ENABLED() because I wanted to cover the case where HYPERV is
> configured as a module as well.
> >
> 
> ok, so when HYPERV is built as module, actually it is partially module
> as it put some code built-in already?
> if user never load hyperv, those code will never not be used.
> 
> Can those code not be put in module _init function?

Some code in mshyperv.c is built into the kernel. Registering an IDT entry is dependent on HYPERV drivers being configured - either as modules or built-in.

K. Y
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Yinghai
> 



  reply	other threads:[~2013-02-13 12:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-04  1:21 [PATCH 0/3] X86: Deliver Hyper-V interrupts on a seperate IDT vector K. Y. Srinivasan
2013-02-04  1:22 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86: Hyper-V: register clocksource only if its advertised K. Y. Srinivasan
2013-02-04  1:22   ` [PATCH 2/3] X86: Add a check to catch Xen emulation of Hyper-V K. Y. Srinivasan
2013-02-13  0:57     ` [tip:x86/hyperv] " tip-bot for K. Y. Srinivasan
2013-04-17  7:06     ` [PATCH 2/3] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-04-17  9:10       ` KVM "Hyper-V emulation" -- this can be related "Linux on Hyper-V" ? Or "KVM emulates Hyper-V" as "Hyper-V emulates Hyper-V" ? " Victor Miasnikov
2013-04-17 10:16         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-04-17 12:12           ` Jan Beulich
2013-04-17 12:15             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
     [not found]             ` <CAP2xkNqGgbYz1gdS85xjA8gwROGY89fAsiaRiGSE90xnzjJ4Xw@mail.gmail.com>
2013-04-17 12:43               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-04-17 14:08                 ` Victor Miasnikov
2013-04-17 13:20       ` KY Srinivasan
2013-04-17 12:48         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-04-17 14:12           ` KY Srinivasan
2013-04-17 13:25             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-04-17 14:34               ` KY Srinivasan
2013-04-17 13:48                 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-04-17 15:31                   ` KY Srinivasan
2013-04-17 15:50                     ` Jan Beulich
2013-04-17 16:28                       ` KY Srinivasan
2013-04-18  7:48                         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-04-18 13:23                           ` KY Srinivasan
2013-04-18 13:30                             ` KY Srinivasan
2013-04-17 13:52         ` Jan Beulich
2013-04-17 13:01           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-04-17 13:11             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-04-17 14:09             ` Jan Beulich
2013-04-17 15:17               ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-04  1:22   ` [PATCH 3/3] X86: Handle Hyper-V vmbus interrupts as special hypervisor interrupts K. Y. Srinivasan
2013-02-13  0:58     ` [tip:x86/hyperv] " tip-bot for K. Y. Srinivasan
2013-02-13  1:58       ` [tip:x86/hyperv] x86, hyperv: HYPERV depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-13  2:05         ` KY Srinivasan
2013-02-13  2:56       ` [tip:x86/hyperv] X86: Handle Hyper-V vmbus interrupts as special hypervisor interrupts Yinghai Lu
2013-02-13  3:32         ` KY Srinivasan
2013-02-13  3:46           ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-13  3:49             ` KY Srinivasan
2013-02-13  3:54               ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-13  3:58                 ` KY Srinivasan
2013-02-13  4:42                   ` Yinghai Lu
2013-02-13 12:47                     ` KY Srinivasan [this message]
2013-02-13  0:56   ` [tip:x86/hyperv] x86: Hyper-V: register clocksource only if its advertised tip-bot for Olaf Hering
2013-02-05 11:16 ` [PATCH 0/3] X86: Deliver Hyper-V interrupts on a seperate IDT vector KY Srinivasan

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