Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v7 2/5] x86/pvclock: add setter for pvclock_pvti_cpu0_va

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 7 Nov 2017, Joao Martins wrote:
> On 11/06/2017 04:09 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > On 19/10/2017 15:39, Joao Martins wrote:
> >> Right now there is only a pvclock_pvti_cpu0_va() which is defined
> >> on kvmclock since:
> >>
> >> commit dac16fba6fc5
> >> ("x86/vdso: Get pvclock data from the vvar VMA instead of the fixmap")
> >>
> >> The only user of this interface so far is kvm. This commit adds a
> >> setter function for the pvti page and moves pvclock_pvti_cpu0_va
> >> to pvclock, which is a more generic place to have it; and would
> >> allow other PV clocksources to use it, such as Xen.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > IOW, the Xen folks are free to pick up the whole series. :)
> > 
> Thank you!
> 
> I guess only x86 maintainers Ack is left - any comments?

The only nit-pick I have are the convoluted function names:

    pvclock_set_pvti_cpu0_va() pvclock_pvti_cpu0_va()

What on earth does that mean?

Aside of that can you please make it at least symetric, i.e. _set_ and
_get_ ?

Other than that:

      Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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