linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/15] KVM: MTRR: introduce var_mtrr

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Date:	Tue, 09 Jun 2015 10:38:55 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>
To:	David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>
CC:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...nel.org>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/15] KVM: MTRR: introduce var_mtrr_range


Thanks for your review, David!


On 06/09/2015 08:36 AM, David Matlack wrote:

>>   static void update_mtrr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr)
>>   {
>>          struct kvm_mtrr *mtrr_state = &vcpu->arch.mtrr_state;
>> -       gfn_t start, end, mask;
>> +       gfn_t start, end;
>>          int index;
>>
>>          if (msr == MSR_IA32_CR_PAT || !tdp_enabled ||
>> @@ -244,11 +255,7 @@ static void update_mtrr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr)
>>          default:
>>                  /* variable range MTRRs. */
>>                  index = (msr - 0x200) / 2;
>> -               start = mtrr_state->var_ranges[index].base & PAGE_MASK;
>> -               mask = mtrr_state->var_ranges[index].mask & PAGE_MASK;
>> -               mask |= ~0ULL << cpuid_maxphyaddr(vcpu);
>
> Why did you drop this in favor of boot_cpu_data.x86_phys_bits?
>

It can make the code more generic, @vcpu is not needed anymore.
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