From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DD7FC4332F for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 09:43:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232770AbiLBJnz (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Dec 2022 04:43:55 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45784 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232564AbiLBJnw (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Dec 2022 04:43:52 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D8D881D0FF for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 01:42:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1669974169; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=+wLl4vtYCGhwohXxITZQq5I6CY9K6KjTKaeRzYrEEpY=; b=GVyMkVrxHuH6ntzuBs4aff9tewyssz9Vp2M/M4P1m+LoXlEEKm8kH2GbKgdYtd2OJeF+vE RyWKS65gp9qEqlF88IMqgTPxdZZiUdCeYdKGVDv6WMLCE2WO1AivtqZxglgo1HaZW+Wknk BK4lxk/HK8Xti52QOHJO/Z22nhzgWSQ= Received: from mail-wm1-f71.google.com (mail-wm1-f71.google.com [209.85.128.71]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) id us-mta-459-u6Q-wNZ_MAaB1hlSrtmJJQ-1; Fri, 02 Dec 2022 04:42:47 -0500 X-MC-Unique: u6Q-wNZ_MAaB1hlSrtmJJQ-1 Received: by mail-wm1-f71.google.com with SMTP id c187-20020a1c35c4000000b003cfee3c91cdso2238093wma.6 for ; Fri, 02 Dec 2022 01:42:47 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:content-language :references:cc:to:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=+wLl4vtYCGhwohXxITZQq5I6CY9K6KjTKaeRzYrEEpY=; b=rzWZ13xN0mK1/VvRMYfJCAWypYaD952XIlaWJhTauFBptrFU9/TM+IRYurXtLqtGsD 7cjm6nwknWeS/yE1gFfVCJSPxl1AgTt/MuUGeB1YP+u+D26VZyojHNhncFkxt3Hl8V45 TXSv5fBEmcfNecqfssrmiowWi/Xb0GfbwSV8I8CrT1Cyef4lsh4VmvMhmbR92OpzdMIZ 7MAr2ToS4xRFka0olq4C7mBmG5zMl+nhkCSgGuYuAfQQK1VS0D37vGFNhzILjQ61Y5+G 73+Nj7IP5QLwm02+HxELL5qiIERvNA45qFfuEdfC7xwPRmonO5j1JsAr/hSclEHhwQj1 Eg7g== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pmrW+u0s85kvLL2Y35o3cmajxgWk4w9YDOMiRwyoyoIKIgrG543 JYxKl0cN4g7D+9nGhXZgA7xBgVFPJF4g/jwaaPhVSxRgqZlANyEaChSbvg2d03SIRkiT9uKR8Kl X+TKMMI5n5FCAXx0nBCA7e70z X-Received: by 2002:a5d:6947:0:b0:242:17a5:ee80 with SMTP id r7-20020a5d6947000000b0024217a5ee80mr14530215wrw.628.1669974166727; Fri, 02 Dec 2022 01:42:46 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf6UdJV/mDJpmRG4muvnS79yLQAxAfJtB+81SwOHAcWOxkps8MZJhxfA5YRNqhJp3giA0N1wyw== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:6947:0:b0:242:17a5:ee80 with SMTP id r7-20020a5d6947000000b0024217a5ee80mr14530202wrw.628.1669974166476; Fri, 02 Dec 2022 01:42:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.130] (205.pool92-176-231.dynamic.orange.es. [92.176.231.205]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z5-20020adff745000000b002383fc96509sm6488257wrp.47.2022.12.02.01.42.45 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 02 Dec 2022 01:42:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3805ed81-2315-4eca-3ea6-b391c1659cc7@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2022 10:42:44 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.5.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: Mark KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION and KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS as obsoleted To: Paolo Bonzini , Sean Christopherson Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sergio Lopez Pascual , Jonathan Corbet , kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org References: <20221119085632.1018994-1-javierm@redhat.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Javier Martinez Canillas In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Sean and Paolo, Thanks for your feedback. On 11/30/22 15:28, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > On 11/28/22 19:30, Sean Christopherson wrote: >> E.g. KVM_{CREATE,GET,SET}_PIT are good examples of obsolete ioctls; they've been >> supplanted by newer variants, but KVM still supports the old ones too. >> >> Alternatively (to marking them deprecated), can we completely remove all references >> to VM_SET_MEMORY_REGION and KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS? The cascading updates in api.rst >> will be painful, but it's one-time pain. > > Yes, we should. > Ok. I'll do that and post a v2 then. > Paolo > -- Best regards, Javier Martinez Canillas Core Platforms Red Hat