[PATCH v6 0/5] clean up redundant 'kvm_run' parameters

[Tianjia Zhang]

Hi Paolo,

Any opinion on this series patches? Can I help with this patchset ?

Thanks and best,
Tianjia

On 2020/6/23 21:14, Tianjia Zhang wrote:
> In the current kvm version, 'kvm_run' has been included in the 'kvm_vcpu'
> structure. For historical reasons, many kvm-related function parameters
> retain the 'kvm_run' and 'kvm_vcpu' parameters at the same time. This
> patch does a unified cleanup of these remaining redundant parameters.
> 
> This series of patches has completely cleaned the architecture of
> arm64, mips, ppc, and s390 (no such redundant code on x86). Due to
> the large number of modified codes, a separate patch is made for each
> platform. On the ppc platform, there is also a redundant structure
> pointer of 'kvm_run' in 'vcpu_arch', which has also been cleaned
> separately.
> 
> ---
> v6 changes:
>    Rearrange patch sets, only keep the unmerged patch.
>    rebase on mainline.
> 
> v5 change:
>    ppc: fix for review.
> 
> v4 change:
>    mips: fixes two errors in entry.c.
> 
> v3 change:
>    Keep the existing `vcpu->run` in the function body unchanged.
> 
> v2 change:
>    s390 retains the original variable name and minimizes modification.
> 
> Tianjia Zhang (5):
>    KVM: s390: clean up redundant 'kvm_run' parameters
>    KVM: arm64: clean up redundant 'kvm_run' parameters
>    KVM: PPC: clean up redundant kvm_run parameters in assembly
>    KVM: MIPS: clean up redundant 'kvm_run' parameters
>    KVM: MIPS: clean up redundant kvm_run parameters in assembly
> 
>   arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_coproc.h   |  12 +--
>   arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h     |  11 +--
>   arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h      |   2 +-
>   arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c                  |   6 +-
>   arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c          |  36 ++++----
>   arch/arm64/kvm/mmio.c                 |  11 +--
>   arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c                  |   5 +-
>   arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c             |  13 ++-
>   arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h      |  32 ++------
>   arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c               |  59 +++++--------
>   arch/mips/kvm/entry.c                 |  21 ++---
>   arch/mips/kvm/mips.c                  |  14 ++--
>   arch/mips/kvm/trap_emul.c             | 114 +++++++++++---------------
>   arch/mips/kvm/vz.c                    |  26 +++---
>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h    |   2 +-
>   arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_interrupts.S  |  22 +++--
>   arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c          |   9 +-
>   arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c              |   9 +-
>   arch/powerpc/kvm/booke_interrupts.S   |   9 +-
>   arch/powerpc/kvm/bookehv_interrupts.S |  10 +--
>   arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c              |  23 ++++--
>   21 files changed, 188 insertions(+), 258 deletions(-)
>