Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] linux-headers: update to pre-4.20 (kvm/queue)

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 09/10/2018 15:42, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> 
> $ scripts/update-linux-headers.sh PATH/TO/LINUX
> ...
> $ git diff --stat
>  include/standard-headers/linux/input.h |  9 +++++----
>  linux-headers/asm-arm/kvm.h            | 13 +++++++++++++
>  linux-headers/asm-arm64/kvm.h          | 13 +++++++++++++
>  linux-headers/asm-s390/kvm.h           |  2 ++
>  linux-headers/asm-x86/kvm.h            |  1 +
>  linux-headers/linux/kvm.h              |  3 +++
>  linux-headers/linux/vfio.h             |  2 ++
>  linux-headers/linux/vhost.h            |  2 +-
>  8 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> I'm not sure if it would make sense to do this instead: the definition I
> need is currently in kvm/queue and I'm not exactly sure that updating
> other headers from there (e.g. linux/input.h) makes any sense.

True, but we always keep all headers in sync for simplicity (and to
avoid inconsistencies the next time someone runs the script).

I'll wait for kvm/queue to become kvm/next and then queue the patch.

Paolo