linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Create UV efi

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Date:	Mon, 16 May 2016 18:00:11 -0500
From:	Alex Thorlton <athorlton@....com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Alex Thorlton <athorlton@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>,
	Russ Anderson <rja@....com>, Mike Travis <travis@....com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Create UV efi_call macros

On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 10:17:39AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > Fine by me, although having a newline after arch_efi_call_virt_setup()
> > but not before arch_efi_call_virt_teardown() seems rather arbitrary
> 
> It's an oversight! :-)
> 
> #define efi_call_virt(f, args...)					\
> ({									\
> 	efi_status_t __s;						\
> 	unsigned long flags;						\
> 									\
> 	arch_efi_call_virt_setup();					\
> 									\
> 	local_save_flags(flags);					\
> 	__s = arch_efi_call_virt(f, args);				\
> 	efi_call_virt_check_flags(flags, __stringify(f));		\
> 									\
> 	arch_efi_call_virt_teardown();					\
> 									\
> 	__s;								\
> })
> 
> But if it's too segmented this is fine too:
> 
> #define efi_call_virt(f, args...)					\
> ({									\
> 	efi_status_t __s;						\
> 	unsigned long flags;						\
> 									\
> 	arch_efi_call_virt_setup();					\
> 	local_save_flags(flags);					\
> 	__s = arch_efi_call_virt(f, args);				\
> 	efi_call_virt_check_flags(flags, __stringify(f));		\
> 	arch_efi_call_virt_teardown();					\
> 									\
> 	__s;								\
> })

This makes sense to me.  I'll make sure to include something like this
in my next version of the patch.

Thanks, guys!

- Alex