On 8/19/2025 10:22 AM, Wei Liu wrote: > On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 09:17:27AM -0700, Easwar Hariharan wrote: >> On 8/19/2025 12:29 AM, Nuno Das Neves wrote: >>> Detect booting as an "L1VH" partition. This is a new scenario very >>> similar to root partition where the mshv_root driver can be used to >>> create and manage guest partitions. >>> >>> It mostly works the same as root partition, but there are some >>> differences in how various features are handled. hv_l1vh_partition() >>> is introduced to handle these cases. Add hv_parent_partition() >>> which returns true for either case, replacing some hv_root_partition() >>> checks. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Nuno Das Neves <nunodasne...@linux.microsoft.com> >> >> Seems the plurality of subject prefixes for drivers/hv files has been >> "Drivers: hv" >> so far, including the 2 commits for drivers/hv/mshv*. Are you planning to >> change >> the standard for mshv driver going forward? > > IMO it is okay to have a different prefix to call out the commits that > are relevant to the mshv driver. This eases the burden for anyone > porting the changes to a different kernel tree. We may also touch many > different parts of the codebase (though not in this particular patch). > > Wei
It's fine either way for me, I was trying to understand if it was an oversight or intentional. - Easwar (he/him)
