[PATCH 1/3] KVM: Fix comments that refer to the non-existent VCPU_RUN ioctl

Fuad Tabba fuad.tabba at linux.dev
Tue Sep 15 01:44:39 PDT 2026


Neither the VCPU_RUN in kvm_main.c nor the VCPU RUN in kvm_host.h names
an ioctl that exists. The one that enters the guest is KVM_RUN, so refer
to it by that name.

Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba at linux.dev>
---
 include/linux/kvm_host.h | 2 +-
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 03bfc92864b6e..acae5a61e7f8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static inline int kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	/*
 	 * The memory barrier ensures a previous write to vcpu->requests cannot
 	 * be reordered with the read of vcpu->mode.  It pairs with the general
-	 * memory barrier following the write of vcpu->mode in VCPU RUN.
+	 * memory barrier following the write of vcpu->mode in KVM_RUN.
 	 */
 	smp_mb__before_atomic();
 	return cmpxchg(&vcpu->mode, IN_GUEST_MODE, EXITING_GUEST_MODE);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 65eb26a0520d8..cc391b0666a6d 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvm_dirty_ring_free(&vcpu->dirty_ring);
 
 	/*
-	 * No need for rcu_read_lock as VCPU_RUN is the only place that changes
+	 * No need for rcu_read_lock as KVM_RUN is the only place that changes
 	 * the vcpu->pid pointer, and at destruction time all file descriptors
 	 * are already gone.
 	 */
-- 
2.39.5




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