linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 03/11] perf/x86/intel/pt: Introduce a new function to get the capability of Intel PT

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Date:   Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:28:03 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Luwei Kang <luwei.kang@...el.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
        x86@...nel.org, rkrcmar@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        joro@...tes.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 03/11] perf/x86/intel/pt: Introduce a new function to
 get the capability of Intel PT

On 04/03/2018 13:07, Luwei Kang wrote:
> +u32 pt_cap_get_ex(u32 *caps, enum pt_capabilities cap)
> +{
> +	struct pt_cap_desc *cd = &pt_caps[cap];
> +	u32 c = caps[cd->leaf * PT_CPUID_REGS_NUM + cd->reg];
> +	unsigned int shift = __ffs(cd->mask);
> +
> +	return (c & cd->mask) >> shift;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pt_cap_get_ex);
> +

You should change pt_cap_get to use this function.  Also, "_ex" is not a
very common suffix, so perhaps you can call it __pt_cap_get.

I don't have any other comments on patches 1-3, so when you resend we
can ask the x86 maintainers for approval.

Thanks,

Paolo