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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@linux.ibm.com>,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@amazon.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: core-api: entry: Replace deprecated KVM entry/exit functions
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:33:30 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ikjhacat.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250723075134.105132-1-ajd@linux.ibm.com>

Andrew Donnellan <ajd@linux.ibm.com> writes:

> The x86-specific functions kvm_guest_{enter,exit}_irqoff() were removed
> and replaced by the generic guest_state_{enter,exit}_irqoff() in commit
> ef9989afda73 ("kvm: add guest_state_{enter,exit}_irqoff()") and commit
> b2d2af7e5df3 ("kvm/x86: rework guest entry logic").
>
> Update the references in the entry/exit handling documentation.
>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@amazon.com>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/core-api/entry.rst | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/entry.rst b/Documentation/core-api/entry.rst
> index a15f9b1767a2..286a5ecf7cae 100644
> --- a/Documentation/core-api/entry.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/core-api/entry.rst
> @@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ Entering or exiting guest mode is very similar to syscalls. From the host
>  kernel point of view the CPU goes off into user space when entering the
>  guest and returns to the kernel on exit.
>  
> -kvm_guest_enter_irqoff() is a KVM-specific variant of exit_to_user_mode()
> -and kvm_guest_exit_irqoff() is the KVM variant of enter_from_user_mode().
> +guest_state_enter_irqoff() is a KVM-specific variant of exit_to_user_mode()
> +and guest_state_exit_irqoff() is the KVM variant of enter_from_user_mode().
>  The state operations have the same ordering.

Applied, thanks.

jon

      parent reply	other threads:[~2025-07-24 14:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-07-23  7:51 Andrew Donnellan
2025-07-23  9:54 ` Mark Rutland
2025-07-23 17:08 ` Thomas Gleixner
2025-07-24 14:33 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]

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