Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] hyperv: own protocol header instead of kernel's

[Roman Kagan]

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 11:15:20PM +0300, Roman Kagan wrote:
> Supersede kernel's header for Hyper-V protocol definitions with our own.
> The reason is that, since this is a third-party protocol and not a
> kernel API, the kernel folks are not happy exposing it in the kernel
> uapi.
> 
> The patchset is done to allow gradual transition from the kernel's
> hyperv.h to the new one: the first patch introduces the new header that
> doesn't conflict with the old one, and the second makes sure the old one
> isn't imported from the kernel any longer, so that the maintainers can
> do the next round of kernel header import at their leisure and things
> will keep working.
> 
> Once (if) this lands in QEMU I'll post patches to KVM to move its
> hyperv.h out of uapi.
> 
> This is the first part split out of my former biggish "hyperv fixes and
> enhancements" series.  The only change is the underscore replaced with a
> dash in the header file name.
> 
> Roman Kagan (2):
>   hyperv: add header with protocol definitions
>   update-linux-headers: prepare for hyperv.h removal
> 
>  target/i386/cpu.h               |  10 +-
>  target/i386/hyperv-proto.h      | 257 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  target/i386/cpu.c               |   4 +-
>  target/i386/hyperv.c            |   6 +-
>  target/i386/kvm.c               |  57 +++++----
>  target/i386/machine.c           |  15 +--
>  scripts/update-linux-headers.sh |   4 +-
>  7 files changed, 304 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 target/i386/hyperv-proto.h
> 
> -- 
> 2.13.0
> 
> 

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Roman.