On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> As KVM/arm64 is looming on the horizon, it makes sense to move some
> of the common code to a single location in order to reduce duplication.
>
> The code could live anywhere. Actually, most of KVM is already built
> with a bunch of ugly ../../.. hacks in the various Makefiles, so we're
> not exactly talking about style here. But maybe it is time to start
> moving into a less ugly direction.
>
> The include files must be in a "public" location, as they are accessed
> from non-KVM files (arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c).
>
> For this purpose, introduce two new locations:
> - virt/kvm/arm/ : x86 and ia64 already share the ioapic code in
> virt/kvm, so this could be seen as a (very ugly) precedent.
> - include/kvm/ : there is already an include/xen, and while the
> intent is slightly different, this seems as good a location as
> any
>
> Once the code has been moved, it becomes easy to build it in a
> less hackish way, which makes the code easily reusable by KVM/arm64.
>
> Marc Zyngier (2):
> ARM: KVM: move GIC/timer code to a common location
> ARM: KVM: standalone Makefile for vgic and timers
>
> Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 4 ++--
> arch/arm/kvm/Makefile | 5 ++---
> {arch/arm/include/asm => include/kvm}/kvm_arch_timer.h | 0
> {arch/arm/include/asm => include/kvm}/kvm_vgic.h | 0
> virt/Makefile | 1 +
> virt/kvm/Makefile | 1 +
> virt/kvm/arm/Makefile | 2 ++
> {arch/arm/kvm => virt/kvm/arm}/arch_timer.c | 4 ++--
> {arch/arm/kvm => virt/kvm/arm}/vgic.c | 0
> 10 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> rename {arch/arm/include/asm => include/kvm}/kvm_arch_timer.h (100%)
> rename {arch/arm/include/asm => include/kvm}/kvm_vgic.h (100%)
> create mode 100644 virt/Makefile
> create mode 100644 virt/kvm/Makefile
> create mode 100644 virt/kvm/arm/Makefile
> rename {arch/arm/kvm => virt/kvm/arm}/arch_timer.c (99%)
> rename {arch/arm/kvm => virt/kvm/arm}/vgic.c (100%)
>
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The source files arch/arm/kvm/arm.c and arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c are also
shared between KVM ARM and KVM ARM64.
Can we move these files in virt/arm ?
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