linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: vmx: avoid returning bool to distinguish success from error

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Date:	Wed, 05 Nov 2014 10:37:59 +0100
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	"Chen, Tiejun" <tiejun.chen@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: vmx: avoid returning bool to distinguish success
 from error



On 05/11/2014 02:43, Chen, Tiejun wrote:
>>
>> +        default:
>> +            WARN_ON(1);
>> +            continue;
> 
> 'continue' versus 'break'?

Yes, it avoids falling through to "vmcs12_write_any(&vmx->vcpu, field,
field_value)".

> Looks we're missing another place, 

Right, thanks.

Paolo
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