linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: X86: Introduce generic guest-mode representation

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Date:	Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:10:23 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: X86: Introduce generic guest-mode representation

On 11/29/2010 05:38 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> This patch introduces a generic representation of guest-mode
> fpr a vcpu. This currently only exists in the SVM code.
> Having this representation generic will help making the
> non-svm code aware of nesting when this is necessary.
>
>
>
> +static inline void kvm_vcpu_enter_gm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +{
> +	vcpu->arch.hflags |= HF_GUEST_MASK;
> +}

I don't like the name much - the "meat" is just two letters.  Please 
spell it out.  I guess we could do is_guest_mode() like we do 
is_long_mode().

> +
> +static inline bool kvm_vcpu_is_gm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +{
> +	return !!(vcpu->arch.hflags&  HF_GUEST_MASK);
> +}
> +

!! unneeded with bool.

Note we need to live migrate this bit, but that's outside the scope of 
this patchset.

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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