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Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: correct the misleading comment in vmx_handle_external_intr

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Hi Radim,

On 2016/10/12 2:23, Radim Krčmář wrote:

> This part is acceptable as it gives a new information code, yet the
> function does not modify flags, which makes it unremarkable.
> And dependencies on the caller would be better described in a header
> (if we cannot express them well in the code).
> 
> The most comment-worthy thing about this function is the reason why we
> execute the interrupt handler manually, i.e. the dependency on
> VM_EXIT_ACK_INTR_ON_EXIT, but that is easy to tell from the commit
> message and convenient access to git history is essential in a workflow,
> so providing a leeway could be counter-productive.
> 
> I would go with no comment for now.
> 
> .
> 

Thanks for your patience, and your advice is useful for me.

In addition, the comment below is misleading too, hope you can fix it
simultaneously.

	/* Interrupt is enabled by handle_external_intr() */
	kvm_x86_ops->handle_external_intr(vcpu);

-- 
Regards,
Longpeng(Mike)

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[PATCH] kvm: x86: correct the misleading comment in vmx_handle_external_intr "Longpeng(Mike)" <longpeng2@huawei.com> - 2016-10-10 02:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: correct the misleading comment in  vmx_handle_external_intr Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-10-11 20:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: correct the misleading comment in vmx_handle_external_intr "Longpeng (Mike)" <longpeng2@huawei.com> - 2016-10-12 03:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: correct the misleading comment in  vmx_handle_external_intr Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-10-12 16:10 +0200

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