Re: [PATCH 4/7] paravirtualization: Allow selected bug checks to be skipped by paravirt kernels

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On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 15:29 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:30:43 +1100
> Rusty Russell <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > --- a/include/asm-i386/bugs.h
> > +++ b/include/asm-i386/bugs.h
> > @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
> >  #include <asm/processor.h>
> >  #include <asm/i387.h>
> >  #include <asm/msr.h>
> > +#include <asm/paravirt.h>
> 
> In many other places you have
> 
> #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
> #include <asm/paravirt.h>
> ...
> 
> But not here.
> 
> Making <asm/paravirt.h> invulnerable would be the more typical approach.

It *is* actually safe.  The "#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT / #include
<asm/paravirt.h> / #else / <... native versions...>" is to give a big
hint to the reader to look in paravirt.h for the real definitions.

Originally I had a noparavirt.h where all these lived, and people hated
it.  So we did it this way, which minimizes churn.

Rusty.



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