From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Ajay Kaher <akaher@vmware.com>,
Alexey Makhalov <amakhalov@vmware.com>,
VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>,
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>,
xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] x86/paravirt: move some functions and defines to alternative
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:34:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231025103402.GBZTjvGse9c0utZGO0@fat_crate.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231019091520.14540-2-jgross@suse.com>
On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 11:15:16AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> +/* Low-level backend functions usable from alternative code replacements. */
> +DEFINE_ASM_FUNC(x86_nop, "", .entry.text);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_nop);
This is all x86 code so you don't really need the "x86_" prefix - "nop"
is perfectly fine.
> +noinstr void x86_BUG(void)
> +{
> + BUG();
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_BUG);
That export is needed for?
Paravirt stuff in modules?
It builds here without it - I guess I need to do an allmodconfig.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Alexey Makhalov <amakhalov@vmware.com>,
xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@vmware.com>,
Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ajay Kaher <akaher@vmware.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] x86/paravirt: move some functions and defines to alternative
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:34:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231025103402.GBZTjvGse9c0utZGO0@fat_crate.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231019091520.14540-2-jgross@suse.com>
On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 11:15:16AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> +/* Low-level backend functions usable from alternative code replacements. */
> +DEFINE_ASM_FUNC(x86_nop, "", .entry.text);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_nop);
This is all x86 code so you don't really need the "x86_" prefix - "nop"
is perfectly fine.
> +noinstr void x86_BUG(void)
> +{
> + BUG();
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_BUG);
That export is needed for?
Paravirt stuff in modules?
It builds here without it - I guess I need to do an allmodconfig.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
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Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-19 9:15 [PATCH v3 0/5] x86/paravirt: Get rid of paravirt patching Juergen Gross
2023-10-19 9:15 ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2023-10-19 9:15 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] x86/paravirt: move some functions and defines to alternative Juergen Gross
2023-10-19 9:15 ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2023-10-19 11:33 ` kernel test robot
2023-10-19 11:33 ` kernel test robot
2023-10-25 10:34 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2023-10-25 10:34 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-10-25 13:31 ` Juergen Gross
2023-10-25 13:31 ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2023-10-25 13:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-10-25 13:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-10-25 13:57 ` Juergen Gross
2023-10-25 13:57 ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2023-10-30 12:39 ` Juergen Gross
2023-10-30 12:39 ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2023-10-19 9:15 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] x86/alternative: add indirect call patching Juergen Gross
2023-10-19 9:15 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] x86/paravirt: introduce ALT_NOT_XEN Juergen Gross
2023-10-19 9:15 ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2023-10-19 9:15 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] x86/paravirt: switch mixed paravirt/alternative calls to alternative_2 Juergen Gross
2023-10-19 9:15 ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2023-10-19 11:55 ` kernel test robot
2023-10-19 11:55 ` kernel test robot
2023-10-26 2:44 ` kernel test robot
2023-10-26 6:33 ` Juergen Gross
2023-10-26 6:33 ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2023-10-26 9:02 ` kernel test robot
2023-10-26 9:02 ` kernel test robot
2023-10-19 9:15 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] x86/paravirt: remove no longer needed paravirt patching code Juergen Gross
2023-10-19 9:15 ` Juergen Gross via Virtualization
2023-10-19 12:06 ` kernel test robot
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