[PATCH v2 00/10] KVM: selftests: Use kernel-style integer and g[vp]a_t types
Sean Christopherson
seanjc at google.com
Thu Mar 5 09:22:54 PST 2026
On Fri, Feb 20, 2026, David Matlack wrote:
> This series renames types across all KVM selftests to more align with
> types used in the kernel:
>
> vm_vaddr_t -> gva_t
> vm_paddr_t -> gpa_t
>
> uint64_t -> u64
> uint32_t -> u32
> uint16_t -> u16
> uint8_t -> u8
>
> int64_t -> s64
> int32_t -> s32
> int16_t -> s16
> int8_t -> s8
>
> The goal of this series is to make the KVM selftests code more concise
> (the new type names are shorter) and more similar to the kernel, since
> selftests are developed by kernel developers.
>
> v2:
> - Reapply the series on top of kvm/queue
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20250501183304.2433192-1-dmatlack@google.com
Sorry, I was too slow and missed the window to get this into kvm/next without
causing a disaster of merge conflicts.
I don't think you need to send a v3 though. I'll prep a v3, a branch, and send
Paolo a pull request during the next merge window.
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