[PATCH 1/7] KVM: s390: Drop unused and unreachable kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick()

Sean Christopherson seanjc at google.com
Mon Nov 2 07:34:32 PST 2026


On Mon, Nov 02, 2026, Steffen Eiden wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 12:02:53PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Drop s390's kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() stub as the one and only call site
> > is wrapped with "#ifndef CONFIG_S390".
> 
> In the somehow near future I'll remove those #ifdefs and use the kick
> stuff for kvm_arm64. The native s390 KVM then must at least keep an
> (unused) symbol at hand. It seems that the compiler could not optimize
> those calls away. So let's keep it there so I do not have to re-add it
> soon.

Please read the rest of the series.  kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() goes away
entirely.



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