On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 4:53 AM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 14/06/21 04:53, Jing Zhang wrote: > > This is a follow-up patchset to binary stats interface patchset as below: > > https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20210611124624.1404010-1-jingzhangos@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > This patchset contains a commit to fix some missing stats and add static > > check to make sure we have the right number of stats descriptors and add an > > 'offset' field in stats descriptor to make sure the or order of stats > > descriptors is not relevant to the order of stats in vm/vcpu stats > > structure. This will totally avoid the possibility of missing stats and > > mismatched stats definitions. > > > > The binary stats interface defines stats in another array of descriptors, > > while the original stats debugfs interface uses array of kvm_stats_debugfs > > item. To remove the duplicated stats definition, this patchset would > > utilize only the stats descriptors to provide stats information to debugfs > > interface. This patchset adds a 'mode' flag to support the read/write mode > > of stats, which can be used to indicate the file permission of debugfs > > stats files. It removes the usage of kvm_stats_debugfs_item and all the > > debugfs_entries defined in all archs. > > > > The patch also fixes an issue that read only stats could be cleared in > > global level, though not permitted in VM level in the original debugfs > > code. > > Thanks for putting this together quickly. I think we can drop the mode, > see the suggestion in patch 2. > > It's probably best to fold the v8 for the stats functionality, these > patches (squashed appropriately) and Fuad's remars in a single posting. > But I'm quite confident that it can make it in 5.14. > > Paolo > Thanks. Will drop the mode, squash stats functionality with v8 and fold them in another single posting (v9). Jing _______________________________________________ kvmarm mailing list kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/kvmarm
