From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Sergio Lopez Pascual <slp@redhat.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: Mark KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION and KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS as obsoleted
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 15:28:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a6a59b75-2ee2-ab9b-3038-2590df17d031@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y4T+SY9SZIRFBdBM@google.com>
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.
Paolo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-30 14:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-19 8:56 Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-11-19 8:56 ` [PATCH 2/2] KVM: Add missing arch for KVM_CREATE_DEVICE and KVM_{SET,GET}_DEVICE_ATTR Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-11-28 18:30 ` [PATCH 1/2] KVM: Mark KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION and KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS as obsoleted Sean Christopherson
2022-11-30 14:28 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2022-12-02 9:42 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
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