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2009-01-02sparc: remove ebus definitions from openprom*.hSam Ravnborg
Looks like leftovers from the removal of the special ebus layer. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-02sparc: unify siginfo.hSam Ravnborg
Trivial unification where the sparc64 specific parts are protected using a signle ifdef/endif pair. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-03cris: define __flsRusty Russell
Like fls, but can't be handed 0 and returns the bit number. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2009-01-02sparc: unify ptrace.hSam Ravnborg
The two ptrace.h implementations are very alike but the small differences required two set of ifdef/else/endif pairs. The definition of reg_window32 could have been shared but that would have required several updates in sparc32 code as all printk formatting for example assume it is longs. sparc_stackf looked like anohter candidate to share if the 32 bit was renamed to sparc_stackf32. But it contains two pointers in the sparc32 version which would have been 64 bit in the sparc64 version so it was non-trivial. Using a set of accessor macros could do the trick if pursued later. The sparc64 specific definitions are not protected by ifdef - as it should not be required to do so. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-02sparc: unify sigcontext.hSam Ravnborg
With the renamed types in place the unification was straightforward. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-02sparc: add '32' suffix to reg_window, sigcontext, __siginfo_tSam Ravnborg
Renaming a few types to contain a 32 suffix makes the type names compatible with sparc64 and thus makes sharing between the two a lot easier. Note: None of these definitions are expected part of the stable ABI towards userspace. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-02sparc: unify signal.hSam Ravnborg
They were almost identical and with the preapration patch nothing was needed to be added. The unified version contains a few sparc64 only definitions but they are kept as is and not protected by ifdef/endif. The unified version exports a bit more to userspace then the 32 bit version did. This is not considered fatal. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-02sparc64: prepare signal_64 for unificationSam Ravnborg
o add a sparc32 only definition o fix a few style issues (white space errors etc). o include compiler.h (for __user) Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-02sparc: Kill bogus comment about IRQF_SHARED in pci_psycho.cDavid S. Miller
Noticed by Geert Uytterhoeven. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-02sparc: unify stat.hSam Ravnborg
To my suprise struct stat64 was not equal on sparc 32 and sparc64, so there was really nothing to share here. Unify the files by adding their respective content to stat.h. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-02sparc32: use proper types in struct statSam Ravnborg
Like sparc64 use proper types in struct stat Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-02sparc32: drop __old_kernel_statSam Ravnborg
sparc32 does not define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_STAT so we do not use this structure neither do we support it. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-02sparc: unify posix_types.hSam Ravnborg
The posix types differed so much in their definition that they are kept in separate blocks. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-02sparc: delete unused config symbolsSam Ravnborg
There is no need to define a config symbol if it is never set to any value. Undefined symbols equal to 'n'. GENERIC_GPIO looks like it is similar but it is set using select in some other file so it must be kept. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-01-02Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-nextLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-next: kbuild: ignore a few files in headers_check kbuild: add checks for include of linux/types in userspace headers kbuild: drop debugging leftover in tags.sh kbuild: document environment variables kbuild: make *config usage docs kbuild: disable sparse warning "returning void-valued expression" kbuild: in headers_install autoconvert asm/inline/volatile to __xxx__ kbuild: check for leaked CONFIG_ symbols to userspace headers_check.pl: disallow extern's kconfig: improve error messages for bad source statements kconfig: struct property commented kconfig: add comments to symbol flags kconfig: explain symbol value defaults m68k: fix recursive dependency in Kconfig
2009-01-02Merge branches 'x86/cleanups', 'x86/fpu' and 'x86/urgent' into x86/coreIngo Molnar
2009-01-02Merge branch 'linus' into x86/cleanupsIngo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
2009-01-02swiotlb: add missing __init annotationsRoland Dreier
Impact: cleanup, reduce kernel size a bit The current kernel build warns: WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x11458): Section mismatch in reference from the function swiotlb_alloc_boot() to the function .init.text:__alloc_bootmem_low() The function swiotlb_alloc_boot() references the function __init __alloc_bootmem_low(). This is often because swiotlb_alloc_boot lacks a __init annotation or the annotation of __alloc_bootmem_low is wrong. WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x1011f2): Section mismatch in reference from the function swiotlb_late_init_with_default_size() to the function .init.text:__alloc_bootmem_low() The function swiotlb_late_init_with_default_size() references the function __init __alloc_bootmem_low(). This is often because swiotlb_late_init_with_default_size lacks a __init annotation or the annotation of __alloc_bootmem_low is wrong. and indeed the functions calling __alloc_bootmem_low() can be marked __init as well. Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-02Merge branch 'cpus4096-for-linus-2' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'cpus4096-for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (66 commits) x86: export vector_used_by_percpu_irq x86: use logical apicid in x2apic_cluster's x2apic_cpu_mask_to_apicid_and() sched: nominate preferred wakeup cpu, fix x86: fix lguest used_vectors breakage, -v2 x86: fix warning in arch/x86/kernel/io_apic.c sched: fix warning in kernel/sched.c sched: move test_sd_parent() to an SMP section of sched.h sched: add SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE at MC and CPU level for sched_mc>0 sched: activate active load balancing in new idle cpus sched: bias task wakeups to preferred semi-idle packages sched: nominate preferred wakeup cpu sched: favour lower logical cpu number for sched_mc balance sched: framework for sched_mc/smt_power_savings=N sched: convert BALANCE_FOR_xx_POWER to inline functions x86: use possible_cpus=NUM to extend the possible cpus allowed x86: fix cpu_mask_to_apicid_and to include cpu_online_mask x86: update io_apic.c to the new cpumask code x86: Introduce topology_core_cpumask()/topology_thread_cpumask() x86: xen: use smp_call_function_many() x86: use work_on_cpu in x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd_64.c ... Fixed up trivial conflict in kernel/time/tick-sched.c manually
2009-01-02m68k: fix recursive dependency in KconfigSam Ravnborg
We had a recursive dependency between MMU_MOTOROLA and MMU_SUN3 Fix it by dropping the unused dependencies on MMU_MOTOROLA. MMU_MOTOROLA is set to y only using select so any dependencies are anyway ignored. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
2009-01-02Merge branch 'kvm-updates/2.6.29' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm * 'kvm-updates/2.6.29' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm: (140 commits) KVM: MMU: handle large host sptes on invlpg/resync KVM: Add locking to virtual i8259 interrupt controller KVM: MMU: Don't treat a global pte as such if cr4.pge is cleared MAINTAINERS: Maintainership changes for kvm/ia64 KVM: ia64: Fix kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_[gs]et_regs() KVM: x86: Rework user space NMI injection as KVM_CAP_USER_NMI KVM: VMX: Fix pending NMI-vs.-IRQ race for user space irqchip KVM: fix handling of ACK from shared guest IRQ KVM: MMU: check for present pdptr shadow page in walk_shadow KVM: Consolidate userspace memory capability reporting into common code KVM: Advertise the bug in memory region destruction as fixed KVM: use cpumask_var_t for cpus_hardware_enabled KVM: use modern cpumask primitives, no cpumask_t on stack KVM: Extract core of kvm_flush_remote_tlbs/kvm_reload_remote_mmus KVM: set owner of cpu and vm file operations anon_inodes: use fops->owner for module refcount x86: KVM guest: kvm_get_tsc_khz: return khz, not lpj KVM: MMU: prepopulate the shadow on invlpg KVM: MMU: skip global pgtables on sync due to cr3 switch KVM: MMU: collapse remote TLB flushes on root sync ...
2009-01-02Fix compiler warning in arch/x86/mm/init_32.cIngo Brueckl
Signed-off-by: Ingo Brueckl <ib@wupperonline.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-02x86: mpparse.c fix style problemsJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup, fix style problems, more readable Fixes style problems: WARNING: Use #include <linux/smp.h> instead of <asm/smp.h> WARNING: Use #include <linux/acpi.h> instead of <asm/acpi.h> WARNING: suspect code indent for conditional statements (8, 17) WARNING: space prohibited between function name and open parenthesis '(' total: 0 errors, 5 warnings Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-02x86: nmi.c fix style problemsJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup, fix style problems Fixes style problems: WARNING: Use #include <linux/smp.h> instead of <asm/smp.h> WARNING: Use #include <linux/nmi.h> instead of <asm/nmi.h> total: 0 errors, 2 warnings Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-02x86: ldt.c fix style problemsJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup Fixes style problems: WARNING: Use #include <linux/uaccess.h> instead of <asm/uaccess.h> ERROR: space required before the open parenthesis '(' total: 1 errors, 1 warnings Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-02x86: cpuid.c fix style problemsJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup Fixes style problems: WARNING: Use #include <linux/uaccess.h> instead of <asm/uaccess.h> ERROR: "foo * bar" should be "foo *bar" ERROR: trailing whitespace WARNING: usage of NR_CPUS is often wrong - consider using cpu_possible(), num_possible_cpus(), for_each_possible_cpu(), etc total: 2 errors, 2 warnings Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-02x86, UV: remove erroneous BAU initializationCliff Wickman
Impact: fix crash on x86/UV UV is the SGI "UltraViolet" machine, which is x86_64 based. BAU is the "Broadcast Assist Unit", used for TLB shootdown in UV. This patch removes the allocation and initialization of an unused table. This table is left over from a development test mode. It is unused in the present code. And it was incorrectly initialized: 8 entries allocated but 17 initialized, causing slab corruption. This patch should go into 2.6.27 and 2.6.28 as well as the current tree. Diffed against 2.6.28 (linux-next, 12/30/08) Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-02x86: fix incorrect __read_mostly on _boot_cpu_pdaRavikiran G Thirumalai
The pda rework (commit 3461b0af025251bbc6b3d56c821c6ac2de6f7209) to remove static boot cpu pdas introduced a performance bug. _boot_cpu_pda is the actual pda used by the boot cpu and is definitely not "__read_mostly" and ended up polluting the read mostly section with writes. This bug caused regression of about 8-10% on certain syscall intensive workloads. Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> Acked-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-02x86: convert permanent_kmaps_init() from macro to inlineIngo Brueckl
Impact: cleanup This compiler warning: arch/x86/mm/init_32.c:515: warning: unused variable 'pgd_base' triggers because permanent_kmaps_init() is a CPP macro in the !CONFIG_HIGHMEM case, that does not tell the compiler that the 'pgd_base' parameter is used. Convert permanent_kmaps_init() (and set_highmem_pages_init()) to C inline functions - which gives the parameter a proper type and which gets rid of the compiler warning as well. Signed-off-by: Ingo Brueckl <ib@wupperonline.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-02x86: early_printk - use sizeof instead of hardcoded numberCyrill Gorcunov
Impact: cleanup Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-31Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (34 commits) nfsd race fixes: jfs nfsd race fixes: reiserfs nfsd race fixes: ext4 nfsd race fixes: ext3 nfsd race fixes: ext2 nfsd/create race fixes, infrastructure filesystem notification: create fs/notify to contain all fs notification fs/block_dev.c: __read_mostly improvement and sb_is_blkdev_sb utilization kill ->dir_notify() filp_cachep can be static in fs/file_table.c fix f_count description in Documentation/filesystems/files.txt make INIT_FS use the __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED initialization take init_fs to saner place kill vfs_permission pass a struct path * to may_open kill walk_init_root remove incorrect comment in inode_permission expand some comments (d_path / seq_path) correct wrong function name of d_put in kernel document and source comment fix switch_names() breakage in short-to-short case ...
2009-01-01cpumask: convert kernel/irqRusty Russell
Impact: Reduce stack usage, use new cpumask API. ALPHA mod! Main change is that irq_default_affinity becomes a cpumask_var_t, so treat it as a pointer (this effects alpha). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2009-01-01cpumask: Introduce topology_core_cpumask()/topology_thread_cpumask(): ia64Rusty Russell
Impact: New API The old topology_core_siblings() and topology_thread_siblings() return a cpumask_t; these new ones return a (const) struct cpumask *. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
2009-01-01cpumask: Introduce topology_core_cpumask()/topology_thread_cpumask(): powerpcRusty Russell
Impact: New API The old topology_core_siblings() and topology_thread_siblings() return a cpumask_t; these new ones return a (const) struct cpumask *. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
2009-01-01cpumask: Introduce topology_core_cpumask()/topology_thread_cpumask(): s390Rusty Russell
Impact: New API The old topology_core_siblings() and topology_thread_siblings() return a cpumask_t; these new ones return a (const) struct cpumask *. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
2009-01-01cpumask: Introduce topology_core_cpumask()/topology_thread_cpumask(): sparcRusty Russell
Impact: New API The old topology_core_siblings() and topology_thread_siblings() return a cpumask_t; these new ones return a (const) struct cpumask *. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
2009-01-01m68knommu: define __flsRusty Russell
Like fls, but can't be handed 0 and returns the bit number. (I broke this arch in linux-next by using __fls in generic code). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2009-01-01blackfin: define __flsRusty Russell
Like fls, but can't be handed 0 and returns the bit number. (I broke this arch in linux-next by using __fls in generic code). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
2009-01-01avr32: define __flsRusty Russell
Like fls, but can't be handed 0 and returns the bit number. (I broke this arch in linux-next by using __fls in generic code). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2009-01-01parisc: remove gratuitous cpu_online_map declaration.Rusty Russell
This is defined in linux/cpumask.h (included in this file already), and this is now defined differently. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
2009-01-01percpu: fix percpu accessors to potentially !cpu_possible() cpus: m32rRusty Russell
Impact: CPU iterator bugfixes Percpu areas are only allocated for possible cpus. In general, you shouldn't access random cpu's percpu areas. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
2009-01-01cpumask: Remove IA64 definition of total_cpus now it's in core codeRusty Russell
Impact: fix IA64 compile Fortunately, they have exactly the same semantics. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-12-31take init_fs to saner placeAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-12-31shrink struct dentryNick Piggin
struct dentry is one of the most critical structures in the kernel. So it's sad to see it going neglected. With CONFIG_PROFILING turned on (which is probably the common case at least for distros and kernel developers), sizeof(struct dcache) == 208 here (64-bit). This gives 19 objects per slab. I packed d_mounted into a hole, and took another 4 bytes off the inline name length to take the padding out from the end of the structure. This shinks it to 200 bytes. I could have gone the other way and increased the length to 40, but I'm aiming for a magic number, read on... I then got rid of the d_cookie pointer. This shrinks it to 192 bytes. Rant: why was this ever a good idea? The cookie system should increase its hash size or use a tree or something if lookups are a problem. Also the "fast dcookie lookups" in oprofile should be moved into the dcookie code -- how can oprofile possibly care about the dcookie_mutex? It gets dropped after get_dcookie() returns so it can't be providing any sort of protection. At 192 bytes, 21 objects fit into a 4K page, saving about 3MB on my system with ~140 000 entries allocated. 192 is also a multiple of 64, so we get nice cacheline alignment on 64 and 32 byte line systems -- any given dentry will now require 3 cachelines to touch all fields wheras previously it would require 4. I know the inline name size was chosen quite carefully, however with the reduction in cacheline footprint, it should actually be just about as fast to do a name lookup for a 36 character name as it was before the patch (and faster for other sizes). The memory footprint savings for names which are <= 32 or > 36 bytes long should more than make up for the memory cost for 33-36 byte names. Performance is a feature... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-12-31Merge branch 'irq-fixes-for-linus-4' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'irq-fixes-for-linus-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sparseirq: move __weak symbols into separate compilation unit sparseirq: work around __weak alias bug sparseirq: fix hang with !SPARSE_IRQ sparseirq: set lock_class for legacy irq when sparse_irq is selected sparseirq: work around compiler optimizing away __weak functions sparseirq: fix desc->lock init sparseirq: do not printk when migrating IRQ descriptors sparseirq: remove duplicated arch_early_irq_init() irq: simplify for_each_irq_desc() usage proc: remove ifdef CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ from stat.c irq: for_each_irq_desc() move to irqnr.h hrtimer: remove #include <linux/irq.h>
2008-12-31KVM: MMU: handle large host sptes on invlpg/resyncMarcelo Tosatti
The invlpg and sync walkers lack knowledge of large host sptes, descending to non-existant pagetable level. Stop at directory level in such case. Fixes SMP Windows XP with hugepages. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2008-12-31KVM: Add locking to virtual i8259 interrupt controllerAvi Kivity
While most accesses to the i8259 are with the kvm mutex taken, the call to kvm_pic_read_irq() is not. We can't easily take the kvm mutex there since the function is called with interrupts disabled. Fix by adding a spinlock to the virtual interrupt controller. Since we can't send an IPI under the spinlock (we also take the same spinlock in an irq disabled context), we defer the IPI until the spinlock is released. Similarly, we defer irq ack notifications until after spinlock release to avoid lock recursion. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2008-12-31KVM: MMU: Don't treat a global pte as such if cr4.pge is clearedAvi Kivity
The pte.g bit is meaningless if global pages are disabled; deferring mmu page synchronization on these ptes will lead to the guest using stale shadow ptes. Fixes Vista x86 smp bootloader failure. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2008-12-31KVM: ia64: Fix kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_[gs]et_regs()Jes Sorensen
Fix kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_[gs]et_regs() to do something meaningful on ia64. Old versions could never have worked since they required pointers to be set in the ioctl payload which were never being set by the ioctl handler for get_regs. In addition reserve extra space for future extensions. The change of layout of struct kvm_regs doesn't require adding a new CAP since get/set regs never worked on ia64 until now. This version doesn't support copying the KVM kernel stack in/out of the kernel. This should be implemented in a seperate ioctl call if ever needed. Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com> Acked-by : Xiantao Zhang <xiantao.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2008-12-31KVM: x86: Rework user space NMI injection as KVM_CAP_USER_NMIJan Kiszka
There is no point in doing the ready_for_nmi_injection/ request_nmi_window dance with user space. First, we don't do this for in-kernel irqchip anyway, while the code path is the same as for user space irqchip mode. And second, there is nothing to loose if a pending NMI is overwritten by another one (in contrast to IRQs where we have to save the number). Actually, there is even the risk of raising spurious NMIs this way because the reason for the held-back NMI might already be handled while processing the first one. Therefore this patch creates a simplified user space NMI injection interface, exporting it under KVM_CAP_USER_NMI and dropping the old KVM_CAP_NMI capability. And this time we also take care to provide the interface only on archs supporting NMIs via KVM (right now only x86). Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>