[PATCH 1/3] KVM: Fix comments that refer to the non-existent VCPU_RUN ioctl
From: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
Date: 2026-09-15 08:44:49
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Subsystem:
kernel virtual machine (kvm), the rest · Maintainers:
Paolo Bonzini, Linus Torvalds
Neither the VCPU_RUN in kvm_main.c nor the VCPU RUN in kvm_host.h names an ioctl that exists. The one that enters the guest is KVM_RUN, so refer to it by that name. Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev> --- include/linux/kvm_host.h | 2 +- virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 03bfc92864b6e..acae5a61e7f8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static inline int kvm_vcpu_exiting_guest_mode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) /* * The memory barrier ensures a previous write to vcpu->requests cannot * be reordered with the read of vcpu->mode. It pairs with the general - * memory barrier following the write of vcpu->mode in VCPU RUN. + * memory barrier following the write of vcpu->mode in KVM_RUN. */ smp_mb__before_atomic(); return cmpxchg(&vcpu->mode, IN_GUEST_MODE, EXITING_GUEST_MODE);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 65eb26a0520d8..cc391b0666a6d 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) kvm_dirty_ring_free(&vcpu->dirty_ring); /* - * No need for rcu_read_lock as VCPU_RUN is the only place that changes + * No need for rcu_read_lock as KVM_RUN is the only place that changes * the vcpu->pid pointer, and at destruction time all file descriptors * are already gone. */
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