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 56122C46467 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2022 14:29:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229640AbiK3O32 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Nov 2022 09:29:28 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58816 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229631AbiK3O3Z (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Nov 2022 09:29:25 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5C79B528A5 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2022 06:28:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1669818510; 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=Y4BuH5cBFYGQO0HJvV3GfOV4tMTDeQ8Y1esgc3MwA+8=; b=cu2V+7EOI/LJLuf8TuOcQa7yy407UH9PwgZFa+6h/a6ZBtKKLfWHBgBqOY+evshuc/Lpn+ mHnrHyhEf5VIL6AVGaHfmNN5uuAeGOLjJXoeI++I0suiRw+4yrOWwBQ1TYyNrt02uUlLWD AMatKWBvLzGA2duyWk9akA064KWAL9A= Received: from mail-ed1-f72.google.com (mail-ed1-f72.google.com [209.85.208.72]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) id us-mta-464-9-LjNyzJN2a5fBqUK7EGrw-1; Wed, 30 Nov 2022 09:28:29 -0500 X-MC-Unique: 9-LjNyzJN2a5fBqUK7EGrw-1 Received: by mail-ed1-f72.google.com with SMTP id w4-20020a05640234c400b004631f8923baso9902257edc.5 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2022 06:28:28 -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:references:cc:to :content-language:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=Y4BuH5cBFYGQO0HJvV3GfOV4tMTDeQ8Y1esgc3MwA+8=; b=lMC6ykUqU2wGF8RSRQ18CAwKs7ZYPsbBuCA3DoxbWbjC+1fTObB5IN1gry8o6bZKEL Sn4u/SbUi73qQdIAjyqi7q8QFB4JNMYczDD/jSGxJBaip0WjxfG71kNOROC2dFDwcAzK URnlqnLqLA1idBBZajkIEHEiq3bl3NTLG1tl+3PM6fhGDxSIKXnLZZIH6WUDCE/MdHV8 b/Ot8YG73vLChr/ffDG1kdqYA+GxgXVRTXiqQw7qokN/CfQnUMh29FMSQjKrcrgExm+S IaE1HBQSzs3/JAxoWYQGO83bR76+FhAUqYQuAB5COXXDUE4Ae7gjwW7GjCzHinKOP5AL 5R3w== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pkjHUssBocnybaMLgQi979Qbdma8mYEblD9WzJqzhwHL10Rghmr soWbsJURPR7b+j0trmdMjMhdWev/YE/fi3SuLpl9kQjGzCaqhNt3271258HEvwz9s26KuitFpGu TuOA/tXrXgUY1PhI/vfxG7kFJ X-Received: by 2002:a05:6402:54:b0:46a:c420:6da7 with SMTP id f20-20020a056402005400b0046ac4206da7mr22875302edu.202.1669818507868; Wed, 30 Nov 2022 06:28:27 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf74GZy7rhgQ1fqF9sgb0UnZtEde2fVssY+6TyZrXo/JhdUvdUpocS5AnJH5pjMtnAJHi/2nmQ== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6402:54:b0:46a:c420:6da7 with SMTP id f20-20020a056402005400b0046ac4206da7mr22875280edu.202.1669818507599; Wed, 30 Nov 2022 06:28:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?IPV6:2001:b07:6468:f312:4783:a68:c1ee:15c5? ([2001:b07:6468:f312:4783:a68:c1ee:15c5]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id 18-20020a170906211200b007adaca75bd0sm700756ejt.179.2022.11.30.06.28.25 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 30 Nov 2022 06:28:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 15:28:24 +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 Content-Language: en-US To: Sean Christopherson , Javier Martinez Canillas 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> From: Paolo Bonzini In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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