Re: [PATCH RESEND] KVM: X86: eliminate obsolete KVM_GET_CPUID2 ioctl

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Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>linmiaohe <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> KVM_GET_CPUID2 ioctl is straight up broken
>
>It may make sense to add the gory details from your previous patch where you were trying to fix it.

Will do.

>> and not used anywhere. Remove it directly.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>  #define KVM_GET_LAPIC             _IOR(KVMIO,  0x8e, struct kvm_lapic_state)
>>  #define KVM_SET_LAPIC             _IOW(KVMIO,  0x8f, struct kvm_lapic_state)
>>  #define KVM_SET_CPUID2            _IOW(KVMIO,  0x90, struct kvm_cpuid2)
>> -#define KVM_GET_CPUID2            _IOWR(KVMIO, 0x91, struct kvm_cpuid2)
>
>Even if we decide to be strong and remove KVM_GET_CPUID2 completely, I'd suggest we leave a comment here saying that it was deprecated. Leaving the branch in case (returning the same -EINVAL as passing an unsupported
>IOCTL) may also make sense (with a 'deprecated' comment of course).
>

Sounds reasonable. Will try. Many thanks!




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