[PATCH v2 1/4] KVM: Delete all references to removed KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION ioctl

From: Javier Martinez Canillas
Date: Fri Dec 02 2022 - 05:51:39 EST


The documentation says that the ioctl has been deprecated, but it has been
actually removed and the remaining references are just left overs.

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

(no changes since v1)

Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 16 ----------------
include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 12 ------------
tools/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 12 ------------
3 files changed, 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index eee9f857a986..54af33645df3 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -272,18 +272,6 @@ the VCPU file descriptor can be mmap-ed, including:
KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING, see section 8.3.


-4.6 KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION
--------------------------
-
-:Capability: basic
-:Architectures: all
-:Type: vm ioctl
-:Parameters: struct kvm_memory_region (in)
-:Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
-
-This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed.
-
-
4.7 KVM_CREATE_VCPU
-------------------

@@ -1377,10 +1365,6 @@ the memory region are automatically reflected into the guest. For example, an
mmap() that affects the region will be made visible immediately. Another
example is madvise(MADV_DROP).

-It is recommended to use this API instead of the KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION ioctl.
-The KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION does not allow fine grained control over memory
-allocation and is deprecated.
-

4.36 KVM_SET_TSS_ADDR
---------------------
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index 0d5d4419139a..8899201d5964 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -86,14 +86,6 @@ struct kvm_debug_guest {
/* *** End of deprecated interfaces *** */


-/* for KVM_CREATE_MEMORY_REGION */
-struct kvm_memory_region {
- __u32 slot;
- __u32 flags;
- __u64 guest_phys_addr;
- __u64 memory_size; /* bytes */
-};
-
/* for KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION */
struct kvm_userspace_memory_region {
__u32 slot;
@@ -1437,10 +1429,6 @@ struct kvm_vfio_spapr_tce {
__s32 tablefd;
};

-/*
- * ioctls for VM fds
- */
-#define KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION _IOW(KVMIO, 0x40, struct kvm_memory_region)
/*
* KVM_CREATE_VCPU receives as a parameter the vcpu slot, and returns
* a vcpu fd.
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index 0d5d4419139a..8899201d5964 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -86,14 +86,6 @@ struct kvm_debug_guest {
/* *** End of deprecated interfaces *** */


-/* for KVM_CREATE_MEMORY_REGION */
-struct kvm_memory_region {
- __u32 slot;
- __u32 flags;
- __u64 guest_phys_addr;
- __u64 memory_size; /* bytes */
-};
-
/* for KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION */
struct kvm_userspace_memory_region {
__u32 slot;
@@ -1437,10 +1429,6 @@ struct kvm_vfio_spapr_tce {
__s32 tablefd;
};

-/*
- * ioctls for VM fds
- */
-#define KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION _IOW(KVMIO, 0x40, struct kvm_memory_region)
/*
* KVM_CREATE_VCPU receives as a parameter the vcpu slot, and returns
* a vcpu fd.
--
2.38.1