Re: [PATCH 08/28] kvm tools: Fix KVM_RUN exit code check

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On 07.12.2011, at 01:32, Matt Evans <matt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 06/12/11 19:22, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> If KVM_RUN can actually return anything besides 0 or -1 it may be also
>> worthwhile to update Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt .
>> 
>> What are the cases where it happens?
> 
> Well, on PPC the internal kvmppc_run_vcpu() returns either RESUME_GUEST (which
> stays in-kernel and drops back to the guest) or RESUME_HOST, which is propagated
> back out to userland as the return value of ioctl(KVM_RUN).  So, anything
> kvmtool sees is either <0 for error or RESUME_HOST, i.e. 2.
> 
> Alex, do you think the PPC KVM code should be forced to 0 on success, or is
> there any value to the expanded the return codes (and updating api.txt) for
> varying kinds of positive success?

I don't think it's worth the potential ABI breakage to change the current behavior :). Even if we did change it, you would still have to touch kvm tool to work with older kernels.

Alex

> 
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