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From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
To: Seth Forshee <sforshee@digitalocean.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
	Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, live-patching@vger.kernel.org,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] entry/kvm: Make vCPU tasks exit to userspace when a livepatch is pending
Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 10:30:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220503173046.fv2aluc34bxhzgq3@treble> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YnFVugyU8+XBVRqL@do-x1extreme>

On Tue, May 03, 2022 at 11:18:02AM -0500, Seth Forshee wrote:
> > Can the changelog and comment use terminology other than migration?  Maybe "transition"?
> > That seems to be prevelant through the livepatch code and docs.  There are already
> > too many meanings for "migration" in KVM, e.g. live migration, page migration, task/vCPU
> > migration, etc...
> 
> "Transition" is used a lot, but afaict it refers to the overall state of
> the livepatch. "Migrate" is used a lot less, but it always seems to
> refer to patching a single task, which is why I used that term. But I
> can see the opportunity for confusion, so I'll reword it.

The livepatch code does seem to be guilty of using both terms
interchangeably.  I agree "transition" is preferable.

-- 
Josh


      reply	other threads:[~2022-05-03 17:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-03 12:57 [PATCH] entry/kvm: Make vCPU tasks exit to userspace when a livepatch is pending Seth Forshee
2022-05-03 14:17 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-05-03 16:18   ` Seth Forshee
2022-05-03 17:30     ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]

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