[PATCH 17/44] KVM: arm64: Do arm/arch initialiation without bouncing through kvm_init()

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé philmd at linaro.org
Thu Nov 3 00:25:37 PDT 2022


Hi Sean,

On 3/11/22 00:18, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Move arm/arch specific initialization directly in arm's module_init(),
> now called kvm_arm_init(), instead of bouncing through kvm_init() to
> reach kvm_arch_init().  Invoking kvm_arch_init() is the very first action
> performed by kvm_init(), i.e. this is a glorified nop.
> 
> Making kvm_arch_init() a nop will allow dropping it entirely once all
> other architectures follow suit.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com>
> ---
>   arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
>   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

>   /* NOP: Compiling as a module not supported */
>   void kvm_arch_exit(void)
>   {
> -	kvm_unregister_perf_callbacks();

Doesn't this belong to the previous patch?

> +
>   }




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