linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/17] KVM: monolithic: x86: convert the kvm_x86

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Date:   Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:51:44 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@...hat.com>,
        Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
        Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/17] KVM: monolithic: x86: convert the kvm_x86_ops
 methods to external functions

On 23/09/19 18:13, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Alternatively, what if we use macros in the call sites, e.g. keep/require
> vmx_ and svm_ prefixes for all functions, renaming VMX and SVM code as
> needed?  E.g.:
> 
> 
>   #define X86_OP(name) kvm_x86_vendor##_##name
> 
>   int kvm_arch_init(void *opaque)
>   {
> 	if (X86_OP(supported_by_cpu())) {

Please no, the extra parentheses would be a mess to review.

Paolo