On 16.10.2012, at 11:44, Avi Kivity wrote: > On 10/16/2012 05:59 AM, Paul Mackerras wrote: >> The mmu_notifier_retry() function, used to test whether any page >> invalidations are in progress, currently takes a vcpu pointer, though >> the code only needs the VM's struct kvm pointer. Forthcoming patches >> to the powerpc Book3S HV code will need to test for retry within a VM >> ioctl, where a struct kvm pointer is available but a struct vcpu >> pointer isn't. Therefore this creates a variant of mmu_notifier_retry >> called kvm_mmu_notifier_retry that takes a struct kvm pointer, and >> implements mmu_notifier_retry in terms of it. > > Why not change mmu_notifier_retry() and all its callers? Why not use Christoffer's patch? :) Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
